Why do they call it proctology? Is it because analogy was already taken? — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“I am lost without my Boswell. [Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.] ” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“As ovelhas tresmalhadas se não andam no caminho de Deus, o diabo leva.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's a great story, the story of Babel. I think anyone can direct it as an analogy for a lot… — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“ He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail. { Describing the writing style of… — Niels Henrik Abel Copy Share Image
“This is a very imperfect analogy, because the nature of a thing is not a core but a principle.” — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
There's a real simple analogy. You have to perceive it from the ground up. You have to lay a firm foundation, then… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery, — James Geary Copy Share Image
Analogy pervades all our thinking, our everyday speech and our trivial conclusions as well as artistic ways of expression and the highest… — George Polya Copy Share Image
I stopped performing because I don't have the temperament of a performer. You have to want to do the same thing over… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“I know, I know: it can be frustrating as hell. But people have an unfortunate habit of assuming they understand the reality… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
“There is a saying: in the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king. I promptly invented its analogy, based… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The analogy I use is that 'World of Warcraft' is like going to the mall: you see a ton of people there,… — John Romero Copy Share Image
Sometimes I make an analogy that each scientific paper is like putting out another record. And some people have careers that are… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
Analogy and allegory always seem to be a much more expressive way of reflecting reality. I think Star Trek team have this… — Lydia Wilson Copy Share Image
When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
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
“Thus there is an analogy between the juridical relation of human actions and the mechanical relation of moving forces. I never can… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I see the origin of the irresistible attraction of metaphor and analogy, the explanation of our strange and permanent need to find… — Roger Caillois Copy Share Image
I think that metaphor really is a key to explaining thought and language. The human mind comes equipped with an ability to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The principle of analogy is so simple, so natural, that everyone uses it in daily life. Imagine someone sitting down in front… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples. If it be unfamiliar, trace some point of analogy in… — William James Copy Share Image
It is true that of far the greater part of things, we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“One use of the argument from analogy is found in response to the question of what or who created the universe. Some… — Daniel Klein Copy Share Image
“But no. That was analogy rather than homology. What in the humanities they would call a heroic simile, if he understood the… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
If al-Qaida, all apologies to Microsoft for the analogy, is Windows 1, Daish is Windows 5. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Reasoning with a drunkard is like Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
I often make the analogy with tennis. Every match the rules are the same, but no game is ever the same. Theatre… — Kevin Spacey 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
“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