Symbol Quotes

You don't have to have the entire symbolic leadership of the forces and the nation for the fatalities coming back. - Lewis MacKenzie

You could tell another story - they could run off together and live in a more liberal place. But I think because he is essentially made out of pieces lying around a room, he's symbolic rather than real in many ways. - Matthew Bourne

You are right that it is a hurtful, divisive symbol and I commend you for having the courage to tell it like it is at a time when too many other political leaders are equivocating on this issue. - Coretta Scott King

Yes, there is a symbolic component to this initiative. But although there's a symbolic component, there will be far-reaching benefits to it, and it will make a distinct and tangible difference. - Fred Elbel

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Within this thin wafer of bread is caught up symbolically the labor of plow and of sowing, of harvest and threshing, of milling, of packing, of transportation, of financing, of selling and packaging. Man's industrial life is all there. - Wilford O. Cross

With two of our state's symbols, the buffalo and the sunflower, the Kansas quarter celebrates our state's past and is a representation of the heritage and traditions of our state. - Kathleen Sebelius

With the aim of carrying out serious crimes together with other Islamic fundamentalist groups abroad, to attack the U.S. in a spectacular way through the destruction of symbolic buildings. - Kay Nehm

With so many symbolic gatherings in the next few months, we must be aggressive. - Tom Ridge