Quote by Aaron Davidson

“Similes are like metaphors.”

— Anonymous

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

“I don't want to be a simile anymore,' I said. "I want to be a metaphor.”

— China Miéville

“There are fewer metaphors around than people think.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Metaphors are lies.”

— Mark Haddon

“Metaphor, everything is sort of Metaphor of something else.”

— Sameh Elsayed

“A metaphor is a kind o' lie to help people understand what's true.”

— Terry Pratchett

“It's a metaphor.”

— John Green

“Its a metaphor.”

— John Green

“So many options that they're almost overwhelming. Which is why it is sometimes so easy to grab the cliche, to reach out to what…

— Jenny Hubbard

Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.

— James J. Kilpatrick

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

— John Green