“They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin
“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”
Oscar Wilde
“Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.”
Mark Twain
“Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.”
Henri Frederic Amiel
“I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.”
George Carlin
“How come the dove gets to be the peace symbol? How about the pillow? It has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have that dangerous beak”
Jack Handy
“There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.”
Arthur C. Clarke
