Figuratively Quotes
57 quotes by 53 authors
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I tell you, we would be hard put to determine what is more evil -- religion or the pure idea. The intervention of the supernatural…
— Anne Rice
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Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals…
— Michael Pollan
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The Savior taught His disciples, 'For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Hang Mortmain," said Will. "And I mean that literally, of course, but also figuratively.
— Cassandra Clare
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The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never actually entrust my heart to scientists—they'd probably implant it in a baboon. And a…
— Stephen Colbert
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Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn…
— Michael Connelly
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She had been sharing a house with him for a week, and he had not once flirted with her. He had worked with her, asked…
— Steig Larsson
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We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.
— Yann Martel
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It is possible to take the story of Noah figuratively, although virtually every Near East ancient civilization has its own version of the flood story…
— Ben Shapiro
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When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or…
— Natalie Dormer
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I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively.
— Al Jarreau
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Never stop being U, and you'll be in TV, figuratively for Real women, literrally for the Fakes
— Devynald Morrison
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Lipstick is really magical. It holds more than a waxy bit of color, it holds the promise of a brilliant smile, a brilliant day, both…
— Roberta Gately
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There can be no thought of finishing, for aiming at the stars, both literally and figuratively, is the work of generations, but no matter how…
— Dr Robert H Goddard
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Hurdle means one of a series of barriers to be jumped over in a race. This track and field event called the hurdles is actually…
— T Joseph Benziger
Who Wrote These Figuratively Quotes
53 authors contributed a total of 57 Figuratively Quotes, led by these top contributors: