Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“There is one absolute truth. The sum of my existence equals you.” — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it. — Jeff Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Like a dog tied to a cart, in Epictetus’s analogy, we can either choose to trot behind it willingly or be dragged… — Patrick Ussher Copy Share Image
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy. — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
People laugh at my analogy in most cases - I go, 'Yeah, everything looks awesome on paper until you stick six guys… — John Corabi Copy Share Image
The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“Yeast is to flour as action is to ambition. Rising to success requires adding and alternating starters.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
The nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our… — Kenneth Clark 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
We have said that consciousness is an operation rather than a thing, a repository, or a function. It operates by way of… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“But the same spirits of analogy will authorise me to assert that ours are the most tender. Man is more robust than… — Jane Austen 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
It is natural to men to judge of things less known, by some similitude they observe, or think they observe, between them… — Thomas Reid 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/quotes/i/307/elon-musk-1138_analogies_i-think-it-s-important-to-reason-from-fi_1368484.jpg)
