Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
“He turned his steel eyes at me. They hurt me, paralysed me, like the advancing lights of a car. I saw that… — Mary Butts Copy Share Image
Human thinking depends on metaphor. We understand new and complex things in relation to the things we already know... once you pick… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
American writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he's too powerful; you can't give him problems. But… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity. — George Takei Copy Share Image
Just as once upon a time you could make the experience of religion or nature a great metaphor, so now it is… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Galway Kinnell came out with that wonderful big, breathy, hollow voice of his and read, for the first time in public, "The… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
Bangladesh is a world of metaphor, of high and low theater, of great poetry and music. You talk to a rice farmer… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I sat on the bench outside of class today and talked to Jon. I read to him from my journal, it was… — Sabrina Ward Harrison Copy Share Image
I'm a little more mature, and a little more aware of the things that I might say. But um, it aint going… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
There seem to be only two kinds of people: Those who think that metaphors are facts, and those who know that they… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
When we talk about the Universe Story we are talking about the acquisition of a totally new paradigm, one which overturns many… — Judy Cannato Copy Share Image
I was particularly drawn to Berlin because of its literal, concrete division. Two halves making a whole, or two entities that were… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
If you're black living in the community and you want to change things, there are going to be things that happen. That's… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
I think climbing mountains or buildings or whatever has been a really good metaphor for finishing my work. Because no matter how… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
In the simplest formulation, when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a… — I. A. Richards Copy Share Image
By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It's like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
