The only analogy I have before me is Socrates. My task is a Socratic task, to revise the definition of what it… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
How else could it have occurred to man to divide the cosmos, on the analogy of day and night, summer and winter,… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The quibble I have with President [Barack] Obama is,and I think some other people will have it, too is that the rhetoric… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our task is not to find the maximum amount of content in a work of art, mush less to squeeze more content… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is… — Erskine Bowles Copy Share Image
He who studies it [Nature] has continually the exquisite pleasure of discerning or half discerning and divining laws; regularities glimmer through an… — John Robert Seeley Copy Share Image
A useful analogy is to see traditional societies as relying on instantaneous (or minimally delayed) and constantly replenished solar income, while modern… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
Oversoul Seven grimaced at Cyprus and began the examination. 'Let's see,' he said, 'In Earth terms, using an analogy, I'm a man… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
It's such a cool group of people that it [being a part of the DC Universe] feels like, for lack of a… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
If we have dwelled on Godel's work at some length, is it because we see it in the mathematical analogy of what… — Paul Watzlawick Copy Share Image
Can you not see the numerous designs made by God as signs, similitudes, or analogies of resurrection? He has placed them in… — Said Nursi Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are… — Gian-Carlo Rota Copy Share Image
Mathematical analysis is as extensive as nature itself; it defines all perceptible relations, measures times, spaces, forces, temperatures:;; this difficult science is… — Joseph Fourier Copy Share Image
My own belief is that being gay is a regularly occurring nonpathological minority variant in the human condition, and that an appropriate… — James Alison Copy Share Image
The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: "If I draw a… — Eric Weiner 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
Art is harmony. Harmony is the analogy of contrary and of similar elements of tone, of color and of line, conditioned by… — Georges Seurat Copy Share Image
Surely it must be plain that an ingenious man could speculate without end on both sides, and find analogies for all his… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
When you build a building, you finish a building. You don't finish a garden; you start it, and then it carries on… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Analogies and metaphors have often proved pivotal in expanding our thoughts both within and without science, and so one should not discourage… — Tony Rothman Copy Share Image
There is an analogy between conservation and education reform. The coalition around education reform is the biggest bipartisan thing going in this… — Rob McKenna Copy Share Image