Symbolic Quotations

I am telling you that I am very grateful and am so proud of you for being a symbolic generation that is calling for change to the better, that is dreaming for a better future, and is making the future.

By a combination of formal training and self study, the latter continuing systematically well into the 1940s, I was able to gain a broad base of knowledge in economics and political science, together with reasonable skills in advanced mathematics, symbolic logic, and mathematical statistics.

Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears.

Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at highlighting - not replicating - the plight of the world's poor.

'A Christmas Carol' is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins.

To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.

The cost to Tata of purchasing Land Rover and Jaguar may have been small, but its wider symbolic significance is enormous.

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

Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.

My love of cleaning is symbolic of my desire to rule the world... I always wear a seat belt because I enjoy being alive... and I like having two eyes, so yes to the safety goggles, too!

When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as blind resume or application screening, are a double win: they reduce implicit bias and they help communicate our commitment to meritocracy.

Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure of my favorite deity, Ogun.

The symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians.

I think a cyber-terrorism attack is overblown, though the threat exists. I think al Qaeda and other groups are more interested in symbolic terrorism, like what they did to the World Trade Center - suicide bombers or something that really has an effect and is meaningful to people.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

For conservative leaders, making candidates pay them court, publicly and ostentatiously, is a colossal source of their symbolic power before their followers. It's kabuki theater, mostly.

It is no wonder that advocates of Obamacare blindly push forward with their agenda to force religious Americans to violate their own precepts: in the war between the state and the individual, religion is on the side of the individual and his or her relationship with God. That is why symbolic prayer matters. It is symbolic.

Throughout history, ambassadors have always been symbolic incarnations of the sovereignty of their nations and the dignity of their leaders.

We stopped being able to talk to each other. And we found ourselves onstage all playing a different song at the same time. It was pretty pathetic and felt like it was just symbolic of where we were at. We ended up getting into this terrible violent fight and our tour manager had to put us in different corners just to break it up.

We're extremely pleased. It's about symbolic recognition of the loss of languages and cultures.

The fact that it's now a two-way agreement is symbolic and a positive step that may lead to further cooperation. A currency swap is still just a safety net for countries in the case of crisis, but I'm hopeful that this will lead to more forward-looking policy initiatives about how to get private- sector money flowing in the region.

The outer level is symbolic and represents the world in its divine form and the inner level represents a map where the mind is transformed into an enlightened mind. The secret level represents the balance of mind and body and the energies surrounding them.

The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning.

We're looking into a possible destabilization attempt. It could be part of symbolic violence, because what could be the purpose in shooting the building at that time of the day?

Source truth exists in greater abundance outside of the symbolic system of words.

Most of the teams are really starting to grasp the concept of performance on demand rather than just showing up. I hope Canadians understand this is about performance. It's about carrying the Canadian flag on a bigger playing field and not just the symbolic carrying of the flag in the opening ceremony.

My life is dedicated to that man. I hear from his mom and family that's the only thing that keeps them going, is knowing that their son's heart - the heart is really the most symbolic organ I think - is living on and pumping on and that's the only thing that keeps them going.

I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context.

If they win it, it's a huge symbolic victory. If they lose it, they can say they couldn't have won it anyway.

I found I liked working at that hour, and though I no longer teach, I have remained faithful to that routine. By making writing my first order of business every day, I am giving it enormous symbolic importance in my life, which helps keep me motivated.

Given that those who died were of all races and all ethnicities and that the statue was to be symbolic of those sacrifices, ultimately a decision was made to honor no one in particular, but everyone who made the supreme sacrifice.

From a symbolic perspective, this is a very important election for Japan as a victory for Koizumi and the coalition would be the most powerful signal yet that the economic model in Japan will change. Ultimately the economic cycle will prove a more significant driver of share prices.

For me, writing is a discipline, much like playing a musical instrument. By making writing my first order of business every day, I am giving it enormous symbolic importance in my life, which helps keep me motivated.

If the symbolic industry of the United States collapses, it may adversely affect Japan-U.S. relations by stirring up nationalist sentiment there.

if the financial markets were reeling and the images from the Gulf were getting worse instead of better, if energy prices were rising instead of falling. But given the economic data and financial markets, there's no reason to make a symbolic move.

Humans are creatures of waste, so it is our duty to minimize our consumption and to ensure that we, as individuals are worthy of the waste that is created. A dull whining paranoiac who is a model of thrift but of little else is more symbolic of waste than an interesting and creative materialist.

I think it is symbolic of solidarity and what Powder Ridge means to our community. Once in a while in your life, you are given the opportunity to do something to help out someone else and do the right thing.

I think the mayor meant well and wanted to do a symbolic gesture in bringing down a physical structure. But in so doing, he may have destroyed evidence that may be crucial in the ongoing investigation of the police.

I think the prosecution was looking for a symbolic victory and they got it.

It is not just a question of a symbolic action with regard to handing in some weapons,

I went many years without even associating Nagasaki with the atomic bomb. Then in the 1980s, when there was a new concern about CND and so on, Nagasaki took on this symbolic value. I felt my Nagasaki had been appropriated. It was suddenly this burning city of ashes. For me, it was where I lived until the age of 5.

I think there's a desire for results, a hard-bitten realism. The primary goal is not some sort of symbolic display, or some sort of posture or attitude, but results. If that's what it means, then I applaud the turn to practicality. Today the far right is in charge, and I don't think you can create the possibility of broad-based radicalism until you defeat the far right. Put the center in power and then you have the possibility--or the luxury--of radicalism.

Our publisher is an incredibly determined guy. He saw it as a symbolic thing. He sort of willed it to happen.

Our play was symbolic of a losing football team. We were very fortunate to take advantage of some personnel mismatches. That is the only reason why we won the football game.

Our play was symbolic of a losing football team, ... We were very fortunate to take advantage of some personnel mismatches. That is the only reason why we won the football game.

Someone lost an occasion to celebrate with us. I don't feel you should use such a symbolic occasion in this way.

I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.

It depends on who you ask, ... There's a federal city and a local city. We are 100 percent committed to a ballpark that represents D.C. What does that mean? Our answer is both. We'll do something symbolic of both.

I think this is as much symbolic as anything. But it's still important, and I understand why Sen. Byrd would push for this.

The art of Native Americans is integrated into the functional. Many times the designs have symbolic or even magical meanings.

Whether he is alive or dead almost doesn't matter because he has become a symbolic figure, rather than an operational figure.

When you're giving a tour of the Oval Office, you're trying to point to things that emphasize what you're trying to do. For him, the optimism is very symbolic of what he wants his presidency to be about.

The pattern of detaining, releasing and detaining Aung San Suu Kyi is symbolic of the one step forward, two steps back strategy the regime has perpetrated on the entire country.

We are not interested in a symbolic state, and statehood generally is not a concession from an occupying power.

What we've got here is an ordinance with a lot of loopholes. What we've got here is a City Council trying to win favor with the people, trying to do the right thing to protect the people, but probably more of a symbolic gesture than a real gesture.

This would certainly be a symbolic act if he (Bush) is the first Republican to make the appointment ... I believe he is right enough.

The contract is something I'm really proud of, ... It doesn't bother me at all. I think it's really symbolic of my hard work and what I've done as a player and the unique challenge that I do have and continue to try and harness every year.

What it might just do is move whatever gauging is going on back to the supplier or the refinery. If it has any positive effects, they are probably more symbolic than real.

Everybody in Hollywood loves symbolic gestures.

It will in the end, be admitted that everything, in effect is an image and that the least object which has no symbolic role assigned to it is capable of standing for absolutely anything.

We were not trying to be symbolic or start a campaign against BB&T. We have had a very good relationship with BB&T. But they don't like financing economic development for private projects in this way, and that's our charge.

To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as to permit accurate symbolic representation. That is only another way of saying that in some branches of discourse it is desirable to know what you are talking about.

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.

With so many symbolic gatherings in the next few months, we must be aggressive,

Fifty million dollars is more of a symbolic gesture from the Korean government.

Faith has always been one of several primary themes in art. In ancient civilizations, the grandeur of their cities and everything they did was symbolic of their beliefs.

While the government accepted the decision to shift policy, that was because it was a symbolic move and had no real implications for long-term yields. There's no doubt they'll put more pressure on the Bank of Japan to keep the zero rate policy.

We wanted it to be local. We wanted it to be symbolic of our own difficulties in life.

To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism.

There is something symbolic about physically opening a school that encourages people to come back.

This unique racquet is symbolic of professional tennis' return to Las Vegas. It represents both the excitement and sizzle of the city and the great tennis fans will see at The Tennis Channel Open presented by Panasonic, the newest gem on the professional tennis circuit.

This turning over the ground for me is a symbolic gesture of being able to raise something back on that ground of glory and beauty.

To have that reunifying moment in a place like that I think is symbolic of the need to change some of the policy so there's more sensitivity,

What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive. The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone's intent to comply. It could be an X, a thumbprint, or even your company letterhead. The legal issue has always hinged on what you intend.

What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive, ... The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone's intent to comply. It could be an X, a thumbprint, or even your company letterhead. The legal issue has always hinged on what you intend.

We talk a lot among ourselves about this record. We can go over 80 points. It's symbolic and we will do everything we can to set it.

We inherited a site with a large, bunker-like structure and made every attempt to weave it into the narrative of the project. The lower portion of the building, with its militaristic past, represents the first portion of Rabin's life as a warrior. The upper portion of the building, with its mission of education, its expansive views, and symbolic dove's wings, represents the diplomat and mediator that he became.

We imprint and project on songs what we want so that they become more important to us. We imprint intimacy in the songs, give them a narrative separate from and parallel to what the author's intent was. In that way, we make the songs symbolic of our own relationships.

This only adds to the feeling that central banks are willing to cut rates aggressively, and ahead of schedule. This is symbolic because it shows that things are moving ahead, although no one predicted they would move so far so fast.

Even if the Fed skips raising rates at the next meeting, it has to be seen as a symbolic act and not as a change in monetary policy. Stocks would only get a temporary boost.

Anglos are in the midst of watching a demographic change occur. The future is a non-Anglo future. It's not surprising that immigration has become a symbol. The issue is much more symbolic than it is real. It isn't clear what the state can do, in terms of controlling borders.

Dynamo is a word to describe someone who never fatigues, never gives up. The new name is symbolic of Houston as an energetic, hard-working, risk-taking kind of town.

There's something very symbolic here. Fifty-percent crossover, for whatever reason, has really impacted some people on the fringes.

is not just a game but a very symbolic event and we should encourage as many people as possible to go.

It would be a symbolic contribution, not compensation.

The security and design features are state of the art and user-friendly. Design elements are symbolic of the freedom we cherish as a nation.

The symbol of Germany -- and of German unity -- should have an appearance worthy of its symbolic status.

Somewhere in there he has recognized that this story is symbolic of faith, commitment and determination. He really went out and wanted to do this particular role. I think we have an individual here that will portray it in the proper manner and be true to the documentary information of the particular movie. And I'm looking forward to that.

Rosa Parks served as an inspiration to generations of African-Americans and all people of good will. More than an icon, Mrs. Parks is symbolic of the thousands of courageous NAACP workers who fight for civil rights in their communities.

Presidential standing is always a factor with any nomination that is so highly visible and so symbolic of a president's power, and I think it will be here.

No single person will receive enough to genuinely change their life. This money is symbolic of the fact that while you were still alive, people cared enough to forge a legal resolution.

The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming - the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything one wants, and then having functions that operate on both their structure and content.

Now I think New York is symbolic of the nation's division.

This is an important symbolic visit. The real test is to see if the government is ready to implement the recommendations and show it's serious about eradicating torture.

This is a tremendous economic value for New York City, but it's also an incredibly valuable symbolic message and media message that New York City is open for business.

This is a symbolic closing of the gap that had developed for the last six years under the previous administration.

This is a symbolic break with the Delors era.

This is a substantial amount of money. This is not some symbolic type of gesture, this is the procedure to be followed.

This is a substantial (advertising) buy. We're already at a point in these three markets where you would expect to be later in the campaign. This is not a symbolic buy -- but a desire to reach voters and move numbers.

This is symbolic of what's happened with our team, we can close the gap but we are having difficulty getting past that. We aren't mature enough yet to settle down and get past this point.