The basic idea is that there is this group that, over the centuries, has learned to control reincarnation. John's character stumbles into… — Glen Morgan Copy Share Image
Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth. — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
“Acoustics reverberate inside of Lucy Anna, bouncing off her walls and slamming against her bars. Harmonic prison.” — Kelby Losack Copy Share Image
“Like the subconscious, like love, like memory, like time itself, like every single one of us, the church is built on the… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I'm not going to tell people how to write, but we do have a skill set, and the more we put ourselves… — David Biespiel Copy Share Image
I think the central metaphor of the movie is this notion of what the advertising industry does. In order to make someone… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
It's the Roman numeral for 10. 5/5/89 is my birthday: 5 plus 5 is 10, and this is my tenth year since… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
“English: "People adore sex organs of flowers and hide their own ones." Česky: „Lidé obdivují pohlavní orgány květin a své schovávají.” — Sebastián Wortys Copy Share Image
The 1947 Court (Everson v. Board of Education) for the first time had used only Jefferson's metaphor - completely divorced from its… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I don't eschew autobiographical writing, but I'm not interested in mine to be so straightforward. The things that tend to move me… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
When I re-read the Odyssey, it felt like I was reading PD James or Minette Walters - you feel that you are… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Google will be obliged either to accept Chinese regulations or exit the world's largest Internet market, with serious consequences for its long-term… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I loved Catwoman's sense of humor. I love how sly she is. I love how she, to use a cat metaphor, walks… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
It appears to me that the subject of music, from Machaut to Boulez, has always been its construction. Melodies of 12-tone rows… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Illnesses have always been used as metaphors to enliven charges that a society was corrupt or unjust. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the government; the government is not 'us.' The government does not in any accurate… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I think that we give the impression, to carry on your metaphor, that we go a little faster than we actually do.… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
Dance has been my medium, my metaphor, my message and my meditation. — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event. — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
