Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming. — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopaedia, your life… — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
To me, I took a militant attitude towards sounds. I wanted sounds to be a metaphor, that they could be as free… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Yeah, obviously we use vampires as a metaphor for something else, something deeper than just the supernatural. But there's just something about… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
Nothing is more symptomatic of the enervation, of the decompression of the Western imagination, than our incapacity to respond to the landings… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
For every album, I look at where I'm at in my career and think of a title that kind of represents that.… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
In all aspects of life... we define our reality in terms of metaphors and then proceed to act on the basis of… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
I remember periods where we didn't even have beats in our club sets, but people kept dancing. The beat wasn't even necessary,… — Thomas Koner Copy Share Image
I think a lot of what goes into writing can be taught - not mixing metaphors, etc. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Don't Be Afraid Of Wolf Leading Pack Of Sheeps, Be Afraid Of A Sheep Leading The Pack Of Wolfs. — FazeelAhmed Copy Share Image
In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason,… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another. — Max Black Copy Share Image
Ownership by delegation is a contradiction in terms. When men say, for instance (by a false metaphor), that each member of the… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
I love metaphors. I've never been on this train. ... If I'm standing on the middle of a track, I'm definitely going… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
“Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.” — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
By the time you kill and mount what you catch, it has lost that very thing that made it worth having. I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid of a little metaphor; it won’t bite you, but you should always make sure you know how to cash… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“The soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
That’s what i love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff were your not sure what the poets talking about.… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
