(464 quotes found)
“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
“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness”
Marcus Garvey
“There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.”
Arthur C. Clarke
“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
“You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old.”
Sophia Loren
“Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I do not prize the word "cheap." It is not a badge of honor. It is a symbol of despair. Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country.”
William McKinley
