Every great literature has always been allegorical…

When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical.

— Barbet Schroeder

The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of Job because…

— Anonymous

“To think is good. To obsess is bad.”

— Steve Backley

“I asked him had he ever seen this Anna Gloria? Was she real, or was she only allegorical? "That depends," he said. "What is…

— Aaron Thier

“These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them like a…

— Steve Backley

Robert Browning - I like his dramatic revelations, his allegorical form.

— Chris de Burgh

“Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.”

— Steve Backley

“I don't like the word 'allegorical', I don't like the word 'symbolic' - the word I really like is 'mythic', and people always think…

— William Golding

Have you considered that the Bible, like all religious doctrine, may be allegorical and symbolic, to direct us toward one holy entity of love,…

— Russell Brand

“This is what I'm king of: a whirling mass of humans who either hate me or ignore me.”

— Beth Revis

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.

— Steve Backley

“If not you, who?”

— Steve Backley

“They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.”

— Steve Backley

“Hence all original religions are allegorical, or susceptible of allegory, and, like Janus, have a double face of false and true”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

— Samuel Johnson