Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“A month in and it seemed to CY that he was an explorer summiting the foothill of an a bizarre and primitive… — Sarah Hall Copy Share Image
Which is the woman, which the child? The joyous laugh that opens doors, steals sugared moments from the shelf? Or the dreamer… — Katie Louchheim Copy Share Image
Why aren't we looking at the causes of breast cancer? Why aren't we spending our energy on looking at what we're doing… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
“A chill December morning dawned, with rags and tatters of mist hanging on the trees like poor people’s washing.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“I watched the moon alone, unable to share his cold beauty with anyone.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving problems is to declare war on… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The Ploughmen is as good a book as I’ve read in years. Kim Zupan’s language is as rich as Cormac McCarthy’s, and… — Rick DeMarinis Copy Share Image
I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor… — Swoosie Kurtz Copy Share Image
“A mist rises from a nearby mound. It could be me, that mist, or simply the caretaker’s mower-dust. If the breeze blows… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life,… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
Ask yourself... If my body were a metaphor for my life, what would the message be? — Denise Linn Copy Share Image
What better metaphor for the subliminal state than capitalism? This whole notion that you're trying to do good and make things good… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
Metaphor is our mental root of imagination and language. Arnold Kozak offers fertile metaphors for growing your knowledge of the Buddhadharma. If… — Polly Young-Eisendrath Copy Share Image
Cosmetic surgery is not "cosmetic," and human flesh is not "plastic." Even the names trivialize what it is. It's not like ironing… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
A man's whole life / may be a metaphor - but a woman's lot / is symbol. — Lorna Dee Cervantes Copy Share Image
In abbreviated form, by a kind of symbol, only the most essential information is passed on and passed on only to those… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I somewhat resist the whole gay rights-vampire rights metaphor because it is fraught with problems. I don't want to be seen as… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder, but I no longer think that metaphor holds. It just doesn’t make sense in… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
