I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay. — Adrian Frutiger Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Despite which, Charlie seems doomed to stumble around in the dark, clutching pieces of a puzzle he still can't see.” — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I was really interested in this ability for others to create virtual memories for us. In "The Cartographers" I explore this through… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
Metaphor isn't just a fancy turn of speech. It shapes our thoughts and feelings, reaches out to grasp new experience, and even… — James Richardson Copy Share Image
“I am knee deep in sea water now, feeling the energy of the tidal waves as they roll inwards towards the shore.… — Susan L. Marshall Copy Share Image
Flower was a good metaphor for growth. The song is obviously about sexual responsibility, so that was the main metaphor. Also, it's… — Jody Watley Copy Share Image
The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
I believe in the theory of evolution, but I believe as well in the allegorical truth of creation theory. In other words,… — Christopher Langan Copy Share Image
Time, space, and causality are only metaphors of knowledge, with which we explain things to ourselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“She felt about a love set as a painter does about his masterpiece; each ace serve was a form of brushwork to… — Janet Flanner Copy Share Image
Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science,… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
You can’t bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca,… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“Youth is like being carried through life by a strong current," Admiral Winter said. "All you feel is the speed of the… — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of plain writing. I hate metaphor-laden, heavily larded, lyrical writing. — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
