God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Superhero movies are so famous because of the metaphor that they trigger in one's self about who you could be if things… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
Kurds are like fire, if approached kindly they will warm you, if approached badly they will burn you — Leyla Zana Copy Share Image
Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The point at which the photograph ceases to function as a metaphor is the point at which it is free to propose… — Thomas Struth Copy Share Image
“Everything became a metaphor, a talisman, a sign that I was still actually connected to people—that I wasn’t so completely on my… — Susan Jane Gilman Copy Share Image
“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.” — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
Our home, just like our garden, evolves. We experiment, try out different things and new colors until we feel content. Try to… — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
“If this all sounds melodramatic, well that, too, isn’t a bad metaphor for anxiety—as a kind of drama queen of the mind.… — Daniel B. Smith 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
For underground metaphors, you can scrape an inch below the turf. For what it's worth, my style's been developed in the core… — J-Live Copy Share Image
We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I'm not building each one character around one metaphor, so much as trying to build a heroic archetype that can be used… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
The dog who doesn't bark is about a silence that speaks; it is a good metaphor for the Pariah voice, the dog's… — Wendy Doniger Copy Share Image
My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on… — Scott Glenn Copy Share Image
“Our metaphors for the operation of the brain are frequently drawn from the production line. We think of the brain as a… — Steve Grand Copy Share Image
For my generation - the "Children of Nixon," as I call us in the book - the Lebanese civil war was an… — Annia Ciezadlo 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
“But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters. If you choose the strings, then you’re imagining a… — John Green Copy Share Image
I also find the desert a wonderful metaphor for desolation and yet the exact counterpart of the ocean with its hidden depths.… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“Theories cannot claim to be indestructible. They are only the plough which the ploughman uses to draw his furrow and which he… — Paul Sabatier 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
“I'm going to be frank, Max..." "Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.” — Alfred Alcorn Copy Share Image
My dad always said, If someone hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Plus that also works wonderfully as a metaphor. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Metaphors of unity and integration take us only so far, because they are derived from the finiteness of the human mind. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
