Figures Of Speech Quotes

21 Figures Of Speech quotes by 19 unique authors

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul. — Hannah More
Attitudes are the real figures of speech. — Edwin H Friedman
It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, described from opposite… — Unknown Author
I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a… — Pope Francis
Originally, the atoms of carbon from which we're made were floating in the air, part of a carbon dioxide molecule. The only way to recruit… — Michael Pollan
It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple; one must be woman-manly or man-womanly. It is fatal for a woman to… — Virginia Woolf
Does it ever give thee pause that men used to have a soul? Not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of speech, but as… — Thomas Carlyle
We have to look at the figures of speech a writer uses, his images and symbols, to realize that underneath all the complexity of human… — Northrop Frye
The artist does not exist except as a personification, a figure of speech that represents the sum total of art itself. It is painting that… — Harold Rosenberg
I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. — Pope Francis
Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years it's a name that the streets taught me a figure of speech… — Mos Def
It is Barack Obama who is at war with this country. Recent events prove it. This is not a cliche. It's not a figure of… — Rush Limbaugh
Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases. — Grant Morrison
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a… — George Orwell
Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech. — Trevanian
She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I’d heard Bones threaten to beat someone with their own limb before, but I’d always assumed that was a figure of speech. Apparently not. — Jeaniene Frost
Bones didn’t share any of my qualms about suddenly holding an arm that wasn’t attached to a body anymore. He just grabbed the ghoul by… — Jeaniene Frost
A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight. — Salman Rushdie
Anderson sent me to give you this he said. I believe the subtext was kiss and makeup. This time I was sure I made a… — Jenna Black
You must be Pain in the Nick.” – Dev “Huh?” – Nick “Don’t wet your pets. Just a figure of speech. Your mom’s been talking… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Who Wrote These Figures Of Speech Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 21 Figures Of Speech Quotes as follows: