“Signs are taken for wonders. / 'We would see a sign!' / The word within a word, unable to speak a word, / Swaddled with darkness.” SpeakWonderDarknessTakenSymbols Author:T. S. Eliot
“Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder the bird has become the symbol for happiness. Before the farmer begins to plough the wet earth, often while snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is making himself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the South.” FirstsLittlesStillsHomeEarthSongWaitingWonderSpringBirdGardenSouthSnowWelcomeSymbolsFarmersMatesWetHardyOrchardBluebirdMinstrels Author:Neltje Blanchan
“By the time kids are 15, they're drunks and they're drug addicts and they're getting chicks pregnant. The parents wonder, "What did I do wrong?" What you did wrong was, you were never there. You had the kid as a status symbol, that's what went wrong. And you're paying the price for it.” KidsParentWonderDrugSymbolsPregnantAddictChicksDrug AddictStatus SymbolWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“In its flawless grace and superior self-sufficiency I have seen a symbol of the perfect beauty and bland impersonality of the universe itself, objectively considered, and in its air of silent mystery there resides for me all the wonder and fascination of the unknown.” SelfUniversePerfectWonderGraceAirMysterySilentSuperiorsSymbolsFascinationSelf SufficiencySufficiencyFlawlessBlandPerfect BeautyImpersonality Book:Cat Tales 2: Fantastic Feline Fiction Source: Cat Tales 2: Fantastic Feline Fiction
“I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.” IfsWarStatesPeaceUnitedWonderUnited StatesArmsSymbolsClimbingFlagsAmbassadorsHelicopters Author:Ronald Reagan