Symbolic Quotations | Page 3

Iconic clothing has been secularized. A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat is red as the blood he hopes to shed. Seen on a coat-hanger, with no man inside it, the uniform loses all its blustering significance and, to the innocent eye seduced by decorative color and tactile braid, it is as abstract in symbolic information as a parasol to an Eskimo. It becomes simply magnificent.

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

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.

It is symbolic and relatively rare for a governor to allow a measure to take effect without his signature.

People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media.

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.

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!

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