Some articles on signs:
... Road signs in the United Kingdom conform broadly to European norms, though a number of signs are unique and direction signs omit European route numbers ... There is a vast range of signs in use on British roads, from directional sign posts, to signs warning of possible hazards ahead, and regulatory signs ...
... For this reason, British road signs no longer use all capital letters ... and a special font was designed for motorway signs ... See Road signs in the United Kingdom ...
... White's song "Jordan Shore," adding sharp signs to express the raised sixths, apparently reflecting (Cobb, p ... in 1936 Denson edition, but in the 1966 edition the sharp signs were removed ... revision it consistently uses natural signs to specify the raised sixth ...
... In Western tropical astrology, there are always 12 astrological signs thus, each of the four elements is associated with 3 signs of the Zodiac which are always located exactly 120 ... Beginning with the first sign Aries which is a Fire sign, the next in line Taurus is Earth, then to Gemini which is Air, and finally to Cancer which is Water ... on twice more and ends with the twelfth and final astrological sign, Pisces ...
... In antique papyri, pentagrams, together with stars and other signs, are frequently found on amulets bearing the Jewish names of God, and used to guard against fever and other diseases ... Curiously the hexagram is not found among these signs. 31, 112) at Paris and London there are twenty-two signs side by side, and a circle with twelve signs, but neither a pentagram nor a hexagram ...
Famous quotes containing the word signs:
“Murderous desire, hatred, distrust are nowadays the accompanying signs of physical illness: so thoroughly have we embodied our moral prejudices.—Perhaps cowardice and pity appear as symptoms of illness in savage ages. Perhaps even virtues might be symptoms.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 16:2,3.
“Young children scare easily—a tough tone, a sharp reprimand, an exasperated glance, a peeved scowl will do it. Little signs of rejection—you don’t have to hit young children to hurt them—cut very deeply.”
—James L. Hymes, Jr. (20th century)