“She stared down into her coffee, as if she had more to say, but the words had fallen into the mug and… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“Because our minds process information solely through analogy and categorization, we are often defeated when presented with something that fits no category.” — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
“The teacher who assesses his students with providing feedback is like the optician to give the people the suitable glasses to see… — Fatima Almoemen Copy Share Image
“So far as it goes, a small thing may give analogy of great things, and show the tracks of knowledge.” — Titus Lucretius Carus Copy Share Image
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies. — Stefan Banach Copy Share Image
A poem is good if it contains a new analogy and startles the reader out of the habit of treating words as… — T. E. Hulme Copy Share Image
But then in what way are things called good? They do not seem to be like the things that only chance to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Studying wine taught me that there was a very big difference between soil and dirt: dirt is to soul what zombies are… — Olivier Magny Copy Share Image
But I marvel when I observe these men setting themselves up as instructors of youth who cannot see that they are applying… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“Analogy of scientist who try to reach the higher speed: A child ant is tired after the long walk in a body… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I think the Cold War works as a great analogy or simile for different kinds of conflict. It's funny, when you look… — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Trouble results when the speed of growth exceeds the speed of nurturing human resources. To use the analogy of growth rings in… — Akio Toyoda Copy Share Image
Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has… — John Deacon Copy Share Image
“After Jesus showed up, the Old Testament basically became a way for Bible publishers to keep their word count up. Of course,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child.… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
The whole analogy of natural operations furnishes so complete and crushing an argument against the intervention of any but what are termed… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Almost every work of art is an analogy. When I make a representation of something, this too is an analogy to what… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“And I shuddered at the apparent freedom so many women felt simply to take what they wanted without regard for other women's… — Susan Shapiro Barash Copy Share Image
Any one who has stood upon a lofty summit and gazed over an inchoate tangle of deep canyons and cragged mountains, of… — Bob Marshall Copy Share Image
“Though we recognize distinct cultural differences across time and place, the commonalities warrant our attention. To think about how these ancient commonalities… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
I would like to try to understand what is. We know very little, and I am trying to do it by creating… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I just explained a new HIV preventative drug by using a tower defense analogy. I fear I may never top this achievement. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
“To follow the analogy, as a Reader, you're not part of the story, you just insert yourself into it for a while.” — Django Wexler Copy Share Image
Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
“Silvia Dunne's voice sounded calm and even, but April knew her mother was like a grenade with the pin out - she… — Mia James Copy Share Image
“You have so much to offer, she was often told, as if she had a tray of cigarettes and candy perpetually strapped… — Lily King Copy Share Image
“Faced with our addiction to oil, what does our leadership say? Get more of it! Strange when you consider their answer to… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“In canning, the best stuff comes out of things that aren't so sweet, and you have to hope the analogy covers everything.” — Debby Bull Copy Share Image
“Applying these ten Tai Ji Quan Principles of Movement can be seen, in analogy, as if a person were floating in mid… — Stuart Alve Olson Copy Share Image
“I love violent Shakespeare. It is to me what steak is to some people: the bloodier the better.” — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn't a… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
As I wrote I began to see more strongly that there were inescapable analogies. You couldn't really live through the '80s without… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Don't you agree? Swordplay is a dance of sorts, an understanding of the logical, most sophisticated next step. Except that in a… — Lisa Tawn Bergren Copy Share Image
“And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition, you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable, because our… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
![“I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it's like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil…” quote by Elon Musk](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/307/elon-musk-1138_analogies_i-think-it-s-important-to-reason-from-fi_1368484.jpg)
