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Signified Quotes

Science sees signs; poetry the thing signified Picture Quote #1

The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary Picture Quote #1

The poem is a structure of signifiers which absorbs and reconstitutes the signified Picture Quote #1

A cloud can look like a camel, but a camel is unlikely to look like a cloud. This is so because the signifier must be able to stand for the whole category of the signified. The cloud looks like all camels, but no camel looks like all clouds Picture Quote #1

George Bush ran a campaign where he bragged about being an anti-intellectual, dismissing his Harvard and Yale pedigree, pretending he was an American every day, ordinary everyman, and as a result of that, played up his fumbling speech because it signified that he was a good guy. That is deeply and profoundly anti-intellectual Picture Quote #1

The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport signified pleasure, nature, family happiness Picture Quote #1

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Obviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what they’re going to get the opportunity to laugh at Picture Quote #1

My parents always liked it when I cursed in front of them. I could see the pleasure of it in their faces. It signified that I trusted them, that I was myself in front of them Picture Quote #1

There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified Picture Quote #1

Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of the body while the masculine has signified culture and mental activity Picture Quote #1

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else Picture Quote #1

It signified nothing that the raw, male magnetism that emanated from him probably made compasses malfunction in his presence Picture Quote #1

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What was it called, that symbol of the serpent eating its own tail? It probably signified infinity, endlessness, timelessness. But for me it would mean the effort to love well going on and on, round and round, always imperfect and always forgivable. The best we could ever do for each other Picture Quote #1

Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation to other signifiers Picture Quote #1

Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified Picture Quote #1

The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane Picture Quote #1

In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified Picture Quote #1

For the prevision is allied unto the thing so signified; or say, the foresight that awaits is the same genius that creates Picture Quote #1

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Science sees signs; poetry the thing signified (Signified Quotes) The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary (Signified Quotes) The poem is a structure of signifiers which absorbs and reconstitutes the signified (Signified Quotes) A cloud can look like a camel, but a camel is unlikely to look like a cloud. This is so because the signifier must be able to stand for the whole category of the signified. The cloud looks like all camels, but no camel looks like all clouds (Signified Quotes) George Bush ran a campaign where he bragged about being an anti-intellectual, dismissing his Harvard and Yale pedigree, pretending he was an American every day, ordinary everyman, and as a result of that, played up his fumbling speech because it signified that he was a good guy. That is deeply and profoundly anti-intellectual. (Signified Quotes) The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport signified pleasure, nature, family happiness. (Signified Quotes) Obviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what they’re going to get the opportunity to laugh at (Signified Quotes) My parents always liked it when I cursed in front of them. I could see the pleasure of it in their faces. It signified that I trusted them, that I was myself in front of them (Signified Quotes) There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified (Signified Quotes) Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of the body while the masculine has signified culture and mental activity (Signified Quotes) Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else (Signified Quotes) It signified nothing that the raw, male magnetism that emanated from him probably made compasses malfunction in his presence (Signified Quotes) What was it called, that symbol of the serpent eating its own tail? It probably signified infinity, endlessness, timelessness. But for me it would mean the effort to love well going on and on, round and round, always imperfect and always forgivable. The best we could ever do for each other (Signified Quotes) Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation to other signifiers (Signified Quotes) Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified (Signified Quotes) The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane (Signified Quotes) In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified (Signified Quotes) For the prevision is allied unto the thing so signified; or say, the foresight that awaits is the same genius that creates (Signified Quotes)