Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.
Gustav Stresemann

Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Light is the symbol of truth.
James Russell Lowell

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

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.
Carl Andre

Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left.
Michael Medved

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.
Isaac Mizrahi

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
Walt Disney

Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol.
Bobby Darin

Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.
Jim Costa

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.
Mark Messier

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.
Christopher Lasch

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
Adrian Cronauer

Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles.
Carol P. Christ

People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol.
John Mahoney

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
Erykah Badu

Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
Randy Forbes

Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock.
Jolene Blalock

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Henri Frederic Amiel