Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
I think martial arts, when it's practiced with a complete idea, is a metaphor for life. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy. — Giannina Braschi Copy Share Image
“Metaphor is a slippery eel, if it wasn't for its shock I'd stick to the easy catch of prose.” — David Joseph Cribbin Copy Share Image
“who knows how the data behind these metaphors has traveled, from where and for how long.” — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
“I’m going to destroy you, little man!" Sourcefield yelled after me. "I’ll rip you apart like a piece of tissue paper in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“It's like practicing pole vaulting your entire life, and then getting to the olympics and saying, ‘what the hell did I want… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing is all bad. There are very beautiful flowers in the desert amidst the spikes and thorns. Just don't let them take… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
The way that I work is that I try to work in metaphors, and you can't write a metaphor unless you know… — J.H. Wyman Copy Share Image
Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of… — Whitney Chadwick 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
But I have a problem with the term 'light'. I never in my life knew what to do with that. I know… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
That's always been in my mind my metaphor for a team working really hard on something they're passionate about. It's that through… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The voice within is what I'm married to. All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage. My lover is the place inside… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
If you take a glass of water and separate it from its source - the ocean - then pour the water away… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject; must show it to the understanding in a clearer view,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Metaphors are an interesting example of creating magic in prose. — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
One's capacity for metaphor is one's capacity for a full life. — Joseph Chilton Pearce Copy Share Image
