“The suit gave him youth, strength, and hunger. It never promised he would remain himself.” — Valon G Copy Share Image
“A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done, cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives. — Peter Hammill Copy Share Image
You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“Comparisons are like rigid fingers—eager to point at a subject but unwilling to grasp it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
One metaphor for how we are living is that you see so may people with cell phones. In restaurants, walking, they have… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
In claiming that prohibition, not the drugs themselves, is the problem, Nadelmann and many others - even policemen - have said that… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
There's a metaphor Vincent Eades likes to use: "If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn't be… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess I probably do use… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“My father, a Palestinian, and my mother, an Israeli, met in a bar in New York. Their encounter was a blue shift.… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
Writing books for me is anyway much like a military campaign. I confess to fighting my way through with military metaphors. There… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
“To get from the tangible to the intangible (which mature artists in any medium claim as part of their task) a paradox… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when we're terrified of embracing our true calling, we'll pursue a shadow calling instead. That shadow career is a metaphor for… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The movie is a metaphor for the power of delusional hype--a metaphor for itself. — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Come on! Don't hold back," Christian said. "I'm not, " Lissa protested. "You are too! I've seen you knock on a door… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
There's no question that how Johannesburg operates is what made me interested in the idea of wealth discrepancy. 'Elysium' could be a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
For me, what I am making in the novel is a place to live. When I first switched from poetry to novels,… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle. — Max Black Copy Share Image
