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Rainbow Quotes

One symbol, read through several different lenses.

This collection treats the rainbow as more than weather, covering how astronomers read starlight as a spectrum and how the same image has become shorthand for a much broader range of identities and people. It's a small symbol carrying a lot of meaning. Related color themes live under Colors.

When we talk about LGBT characters on TV we're talking about the entire rainbow, and that includes trans people, and that includes non-binary people, people of color, women, differently-abled people. There is so much opportunity for storytelling there, and I...

Quotes by Wilson Cruz

It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.

Quotes by W. H. Davies

I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India.

Quotes by Terry Riley

South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.

Quotes by Tariq Ramadan

Beautiful Quotes

It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.

Quotes by Sam Levenson

The Lord survives the rainbow of His will.

Quotes by Robert Lowell

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.

Quotes by Robert Bridges

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... God makes people. You understand that, don't you?' And I said, 'Yeah!' She said, 'Who makes a rainbow?" I said, 'God.' She said, 'I...

Quotes by Richard Dawson

Black Quotes

The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.

Quotes by Peter S. Beagle

You thought the stage, you thought Broadway: that was the pot at the end of the rainbow. The idea of being in Hollywood was like going to the Moon or Mars.

Quotes by Peter Falk

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

Just making 'Black Rainbow' was like my minimum requirement before death, so that I could die with some honour and not in total shame.

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

Me writing 'Black Rainbow' was me alone in a windowless room going insane.

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

Colors Quotes

Black Rainbow' is about control and your emotions being repressed and controlled, and 'Mandy's' about all a volcanic eruption!

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

I think what I was unconsciously expressing in 'Black Rainbow' was a very abstract and metaphorical grief, in the way I had suppressed my grief about my mother dying. In retrospect I realise I started writing 'Mandy' as a sort...

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to watch horror movies at all. And actually, one of the genesis points for 'Mandy' and 'Black Rainbow' was this memory I have of being in video stores, reading the backs of...

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

One of the primary ways that astronomers study stars is to spread their light out into a rainbow, which we call a spectrum, and from that rainbow, we can learn something about what the stars are composed of and how...

Quotes by Nancy Roman

What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special.

Quotes by Morris Dees

Flag Quotes

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

Maya Angelou

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Rainbow quotes collection include?
It spans natural wonder, scientific curiosity about starlight, and the rainbow's meaning as a symbol representing a broad range of identities.
Why is the rainbow such a common image in quotes?
It's visually striking and carries layered meaning, from simple beauty to inclusion, making it flexible enough for many different messages.
Does the collection touch on astronomy?
Yes, one entry explains how spreading starlight into a spectrum lets astronomers learn what distant stars are actually made of.
Is the rainbow discussed as a symbol of diversity?
One line notes the image now represents a wide range of people and identities, treating that expanded meaning as a natural evolution of the symbol.
Where can I read more?
See Colors or Beautiful for related themes.

A gentler entry returns to old folklore, noting that the promised treasure at its end was never really the point. Continue with Beautiful or Flag.