Signs

Famous quotes containing the word signs:

“Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage,
Till pitying Nature signs the last release,
And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)

“Mister death who signs papers
then eats
telegraphs simply: Shoot them
then eats”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)