We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit…They have to fit in context. — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
“When a metaphor gets big, it is called “tradition”; when it gets bigger, it is called “reality”;” — John Dominic Crossan Copy Share Image
“Big white whale is a metaphor for everything. You live for pretentious metaphors.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I attended [Sir Humphry] Davy's lectures to renew my stock of metaphors. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The Bible offers three metaphors that teach us God's view of life: Life is a test, life is a trust, and life… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
What I'm concerned about now is creating a metaphor for what the figure really is. — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
Metaphor is ritual sacrifice. It kills the look-alike. No, metaphor is homeopathy. — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
“GUIL (quietly): Where we went wrong was getting on a boat. We can move, of course, change direction, rattle about, but our… — Tom Stoppard 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
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
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
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
[M]ilitary metaphors have more and more come to infuse all aspects of the description of the medical situation. Disease is seen as… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Come on! Don't hold back," Christian said. "I'm not, " Lissa protested. "You are too! I've seen you knock on a door… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ships sink, or maybe we're… — John Green Copy Share Image
“On this material plane, each living being is like a street lantern lamp with a dirty lampshade. The inside flame burns evenly… — Vera Nazarian 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
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