Symbols quotes

“When they look at you, they see what they want to be. When they look at me, they see what they are.”

Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“- SpongeBob: Doesn't it seem a little harsh to kill someone over a crown?
- King Neptune: You don't understand. The crown is a symbol of my king-like authority. And, uh, between you and me... my hair is thinning a bit.”
Tom Kenny - SpongeBob
Jeffrey Tambor - King Neptune

“Symbols are nothing without the women and men that give them meaning.”
Anthony Mackie - Falcon

“A piece of the sky? Shaped like a stop sign? Not again!”
Zach Braff - Chicken Little

“People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.”
Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne

“Would they give you a medal, Clarice, do you think? Would you have it professionally framed and hang it on your wall to look at and remind you of your courage and incorruptibility? All you would need for that, Clarice, is a mirror.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Lecter

- Larry "Doc" Sportello: Is that a swastika on that man's face?
- Dr. Threeply: No, it isn't. That's an ancient Hindu symbol meaning "all is well". It brings good fortune, luck and well-being.

Joaquin Phoenix - Larry "Doc" Sportello
Jefferson Mays - Dr. Threeply

“- Zeus Carver: How do Catholics do their thing?
- John McClane: North, South, West, East.”

Samuel L. Jackson - Zeus Carver
Bruce Willis - John McClane

“- Scott: Man, this Hieronymus Bosch is heavy!
- Museum Guard: That's because he deals with man's inclination towards sin, in defiance of God's will.
- Scott: I didn't mean it like that.”

Todd Sible - Scott
Ken Kerman - Museum Guard

“I never saw it. Such a beautiful animal. It's the national symbol of Australia. And I killed it.”

Jerry O'Connell - Charlie Carbone

- Anderson: Did you see the wedding photograph? His three pals, the ushers, had their thumbs hooked in their belts, with their three fingers pointing down.
- Ward: So what is that? Some sort of Masonic thing?
- Anderson: No! "K-K-K".
Gene Hackman - Anderson
Willem Dafoe - Ward

“- Joseph Turner White: Ever wonder why the Dalmatian's the symbol of the firehouse?
- Ann: First organized fire department was on the border of Dalmatia and Sardinia in the year 642.
- Joseph Turner White: That's why the Dalmatian?
- Ann: It was either that, or a sardine.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White
Rebecca Pidgeon - Ann

“Sidney's more than a mere bass player. He's a fabulous disaster. He's a symbol, a metaphor, he embodies the dementia of a nihilistic generation. He's a fuckin' star.”
David Hayman - Malcolm

“- E.F. Duncan: Well, two turtle doves. I'll tell you what you do: you keep one, and you give the other one to a very special person. You see, turtle doves are a symbol of friendship and love. And as long as each of you has your turtle dove, you'll be friends forever.
- Kevin McCallister: Wow, I never knew that. I thought they were just part of...” (continue)(continue reading)
Eddie Bracken - E.F. Duncan
Macaulay Culkin - Kevin McCallister

“- Henryk: I won't wear it.
- Regina: I won't wear it. I'm not going to be branded.”

Ed Stoppard - Henryk
Julia Rayner - Regina

“A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world.”
Hugo Weaving - V

“- Louis Cyphre: You know, some religions think that the egg is the symbol of the soul, did you know that?
- Harry Angel: No, I didn't know that.
- Louis Cyphre: Would you like an egg?
- Harry Angel: No thank you, I got a thing about chickens.”
Robert De Niro - Louis Cyphre
Mickey Rourke - Harry Angel

“- Billy Kwan: Don't take it personally. You're just a symbol of the West.
- Guy Hamilton: I feel more like a spittoon.”
Linda Hunt - Billy Kwan
Mel Gibson - Guy Hamilton

“- Tom Evans: The design alternates with the symbols of life and death.
- Charlie Chan: Story of man very short. Life... death... life... death.”

Thomas Beck - Tom Evans
Warner Oland - Charlie Chan