#symbol

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#bomb #brains #culture #deep #deep space

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#alone #because #concern #express #expressed

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#characteristic #deed #either #given #indian

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. ↗

— George Eliot

#between #children #duty #eternal #little

Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#art #even #gesture #grasp #greater

I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott. ↗

— Sam Elliott

#goes #great #i #known #sam

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. ↗

— Enya

#great #image #journey #ocean #symbolism

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#exists #important #life #none #often

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#australian #commitment #desire #love #movement

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#attitude #being #know #looks #men