Areas Quote by Andrew Bird

I think that metaphor really is a key to explaining thought and language. The human mind comes equipped with an ability to penetrate the…

— Steven Pinker

Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

— Richard Dawkins

I think I'm good at metaphors and descriptions. Plot doesn't come naturally to me, so I work really hard at it.

— Celeste Ng

I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.

— Bernard Malamud

Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble…

— George Orwell

I was in love with metaphors and similes and alliteration, just the play on the words. I was fascinated with that concept.

— Latto

Linguists have noticed that across the history of language some words start out as obvious, conscious metaphors and then slowly embed themselves in our…

— Michael Rosen

I see the origin of the irresistible attraction of metaphor and analogy, the explanation of our strange and permanent need to find similarities in…

— Roger Caillois

The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.

— OMI

The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?

— Dennis Potter

I feel like metaphors are best when they spin in place. Like when they work and don't work, or lead to a bigger question.

— Jordan Wolfson