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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson from… — Bill Watterson
All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for the futility of… — Russell Brand
Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn't a very good anecdote.… — Dorothy Parker
The human mind delights in finding pattern—so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit of thought… — Stephen Jay Gould
For some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused by… — Kurt Vonnegut
Look who's calling the cauldron black." "Kettle. It’s a kettle. Get your metaphors right." "That wasn’t a metaphor. It was a, you know..." He stared… — Richelle Mead
Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest… — Herman Melville
As for Republicanism, no analogy could be found for it upon the face of the earth—unless we except the case of the "prairie dogs," an… — Edgar Allan Poe
I do not understand this analogy," Mencheres muttered. — Jeaniene Frost
This fear bears no analogy to any fear I knew before. This is the basest of all possible emotions, the feeling that was with us… — John Green
listen, a goad's anything that provokes or incites an enemy --- let me have a go: cursed deamon! you have met your end! the shivering… — Jonathan Stroud
Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is… — Noam Chomsky
And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should… — N.K. Jemisin
Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different. — Albert Einstein
To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've… — Anne Fadiman
For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process… — Lynne Truss
He takes out a cigarette and offers one to me. "I try not to indulge. It's a filthy habit," I tell him. "I love that… — Melina Marchetta
To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an… — Viktor E. Frankl
I tried to explain as much as I could," Poppet says. "I think I made an analogy about cake." "Well, that must have worked," Widget… — Erin Morgenstern
Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology. — Christopher Hitchens
Nowadays a lot of what was wrong with me would no doubt be ascribed to Attention Deficit Disorder, tartrazine food colouring, dairy produce and air… — Stephen Fry
Poetry is a dissociating and anarchic force which through analogy, associations and imagery, thrives on the destruction of known relationships. — Antonin Artaud
The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: "If I draw a circle, most people,… — Eric Weiner
A man fishes for two reasons: he’s either sport fishing or fishing to eat, which means he’s either going to try to catch the biggest… — Steve Harvey
Imagination runs out. But it makes sense, right? We probably just imagine things based on what we already know, and we run out of analogies… — Robin Sloan

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