Figuratively Quotes

57 quotes by 53 authors

I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I… — George Carlin
Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your… — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
How many more years I shall be able to work on the problem I do not know; I hope, as long as I live. There… — Robert H. Goddard
I believe - figuratively, but in a very real way - we need to tent the White House! — Pat Boone
I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town,… — Larry Klayman
HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known that… — Ambrose Bierce
Perhaps the greatest discovery of my life, without question the greatest commitment, came when finally I had the confidence in God that I would loan… — Boyd K. Packer
When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally — John Cornyn
Every so often a disappearance is in order. A vanishing. A checking out. An indeterminate period of unavailability. Each person, each sane person, maintains a… — John Murray
In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively. — Gene Tunney
Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead germs as well as supplying… — Joseph Pilates
Every time you take someone figuratively by the hand and introduce him or her to Jesus Christ, you will feel how deeply our Savior loves… — Clayton Christensen
Now with the allocation and the understanding of the lack of understanding, we enter into a new era of science in which we feel nothing… — Reggie Watts
SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady… — Ambrose Bierce
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
We each deal with childhood in different ways. That brothers and sisters can take the same lump of clay that is childhood and use it… — Laura Ramirez
Now I'm a free agent, literally and figuratively. I've reached that enviable state in life in which I can do pretty much what I want.… — Jason Collins
Edward Isaac Bickert in never one to blow his own horn - figuratively - he is one of the most modest and unassuming men in… — Frank Rutter
Every time I fail, I assume I will be a stronger person for it. I keep on running figuratively and literally, despite a limp that… — Joan Benoit
We are not figuratively, but literally Stardust. — Neil deGrasse Tyson

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