Allegorical Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

• Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
• You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film—and such speculation is one indication that it has succeeded… — Stanley Kubrick
• I believe in the theory of evolution, but I believe as well in the allegorical truth of creation theory. In other words, I believe that… — Christopher Langan
• Whenever you find a preacher who takes the Bible allegorically and figuratively...that preacher is preaching an allegorical gospel which is no gospel. I thank God… — J. Frank Norris
• When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical. — Barbet Schroeder
• Have you considered that the Bible, like all religious doctrine, may be allegorical and symbolic, to direct us toward one holy entity of love, as… — Russell Brand
• The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it. — Arthur Schopenhauer
• I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. — Samuel Johnson
• Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic -… — Jon Meacham
• The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went past. A crutch waved out… — George Orwell
• Q.Do you have any positive message, in your opinion? A.Indeed I do think that I do. Q.Such as what? A.The crying, almost screaming, need of… — Tennessee Williams
• Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what… — China Mieville
• A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again. — Eoin Colfer
• Everything was becoming allegorical, understood by the group mind, and especially this: "You're either on the bus...or off the bus. — Tom Wolfe
• Many poets in Iran have learned to speak almost a secret language, where political issues are talked about in allegorical ways. — Reza Aslan
• I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. — J.R.R. Tolkien
• But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation… — William Robertson Smith
• Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it is really a perfect and very slightly allegorical expression of… — Frederick Soddy
• I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world — Samuel Johnson

Who Wrote These Allegorical Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 19 Allegorical Quotes as follows:

• 2 Allegorical Quotes by Samuel Johnson
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Stanley Kubrick
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Christopher Langan
• 1 Allegorical Quote by J. Frank Norris
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Barbet Schroeder
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Russell Brand
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Jon Meacham
• 1 Allegorical Quote by George Orwell
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Tennessee Williams
• 1 Allegorical Quote by China Mieville
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Eoin Colfer
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Tom Wolfe
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Reza Aslan
• 1 Allegorical Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 1 Allegorical Quote by William Robertson Smith
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Frederick Soddy
• 1 Allegorical Quote by Annie Besant