Neon Sign Quotes

• He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed through the doors in their finery.

  Libba Bray

  Doors, People, Comfort

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• New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with dancing neon signs. It was safe to walk out in the streets.

  Art Buchwald

  New York, Sky, Dancing

  Art Buchwald (1993). “Leaving home: a memoir”, Putnam Pub Group

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• I love light in my work but I was never influenced by neon signage in itself, rather its effect on nature and architecture. You can't ignore what's around you, but at the same time, an artist who has a sophisticated form language knows how to pull in different elements, and readjust and redirect those. . . . So it becomes an engineering process, too.

  Keith Sonnier

  Artist, Different, Architecture

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I hate album covers where people are just smiling so big. It's like a neon sign that says PLEASE COME BUY ME.

  Kenny Chesney

  Hate, People, Albums

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• When someone says something dunderheaded to me about the material, it's usually a big neon sign revealing their own damage or ignorance, so my compassion kicks in.

  Lidia Yuknavitch

  Ignorance, Compassion, Neon

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.

  Natasha Lyonne

  Hair, Asking, Neon

  "Take a Jail Break! Orange Is The New Black's Natasha Lyonne and Yael Stone Reveal Exclusive Secrets from the Set". Interview with Sharon Clott Kanter, www.instyle.com. Jun 05, 2014.

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• On any day in the Mission in San Francisco, you can see a hand-painted sign that is kind of funky, and maybe that person, if they had money, would prefer to have had a neon sign. But I don't prefer that. I think it's beautiful, what they did and that they did it themselves. That's what I find beautiful.

  Margaret Kilgallen

  Beautiful, Thinking, Hands

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• Risk is relative. And relative to the imminent planetary 'game over' neon sign that's starting to flicker above our children's heads, just as they are preparing for a full life ahead... now that's what you call risk!

  Dave Hampton

  Children, Future, Games

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• To Toronto City Council:
  The Sam The Record Man store and sign were important fixtures in Toronto's musical landscape as well as its Civic history. Sadly, all that remains now are our memories of the store and this magnificant neon sign. Ryerson and they City of Toronto should absolutely preserve what myself and many of its citizens consider to be an important symbol of our past and of that store's contributions to our culture.

  Geddy Lee

  Memories, Past, Men

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• I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic for the most powerful weapon ever known [the nuclear bomb] ... I thought maybe my discovery might have the practical value of, say, neon in neon signs.

  Harold Urey

  Powerful, Science, Discovery

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• I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, "Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Glowing, Sitting, Neon

  Laurie Halse Anderson (1999). “Speak”, Puffin

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• In the ensuing silence, I have time to contemplate the word cute— how dismissive it is, how it’s the equivalent of calling someone little, how it makes a person into a baby, how the word is a neon sign burning through the dark reading, “Feel Bad About Yourself.

  John Green

  Cute, Baby, Reading

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.55, Penguin

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• Interesting choice," Sullivan said. He slid his gaze over to Paul, who was drumming his fingers on the table in a manic, caffeine-inspired way and blinking a lot. Paul wasn't out-and-out singing along with the king of the dead, but he might as well have put out a big neon sign saying "How's My Driving? Ask Me About My Nerves: 1-800-WIG-N-OUT." --James

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Kings, Interesting, Choices

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• Everyone always noticed Ashley. She was like a flashing neon sign for anyone with an ounce of testosterone.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Neon, Testosterone, Ashley

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