When I was developing the [TV Series "Daredevil"] idea, we were really doing something closer to what was in the comic book.… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“I always thought of it like you said, that all the strings inside him broke. But there are a thousand ways to… — John Green Copy Share Image
Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
...the best figurative poetry speaks not to the frivolous intellect, but (if anything does) straight to the heart; and does it better… — Austin Farrer Copy Share Image
“This wasn't a commodifiable realization, the kind of thing in college essays or inspirational books or the hardbound journals of gentle ladies.… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Together a brick and a blanket create the perfect metaphor for life. Will you be a brick and make something of your… — Amy Riekhof Copy Share Image
I think I've learned a lot about how to make movies, and particularly about how to edit movies by thinking about how… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
In a way, the road between Huaraz and the lodge is a metaphor for Peruvian politics. It used to be in good… — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
“The Americans’ great wealth (and their great love for it) makes it precisely the appropriate metaphor. Supply and Demand as a principle… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“The bad parts of the statute are not judicially severable, I consider, from the rest of its provisions that deal with imprisonment.… — John Didcott Copy Share Image
This is a comment on fear. Today it's like 'They're going to bomb the New York subway and there's the avian flu… — Adam Gollner Copy Share Image
“when he was afraid to changed he had been holding on to the illusion of Old Cheese that was no longer there” — Spencer Johnson Copy Share Image
We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible. — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
I was tied down in that chair for 10 minutes and experienced what it was like to be completely powerless while someone… — David Farrier Copy Share Image
Neotony is a metaphor for the quality of life - the gift - that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
“At last he was to feel that he had the town, as it were, in his pocket, and was ready for anything.… — Livy Copy Share Image
The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path. — Larry Dossey Copy Share Image
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries… — John Williams Copy Share Image
From the beginning [of the film The Darkest Hour], [aliens] it's a metaphor for the foreigners and from the beginning of the… — Timur Bekmambetov Copy Share Image
But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of… — Patricia Marx Copy Share Image
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The dog who doesn't bark is about a silence that speaks; it is a good metaphor for the Pariah voice, the dog's… — Wendy Doniger Copy Share Image
The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it.… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image