Metaphor Quotes

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The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one:… — Margaret Atwood
Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that. — Alan Ball
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors. — Mary Catherine Bateson
Drawing is a way of coming upon the connection between things, just like metaphor in poetry reconnects what has become separated. — John Berger
I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. — Ray Bradbury
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. — Bill Bradley
It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life. — Jeff Bridges
I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He… — Mark Burnett
For every album, I look at where I'm at in my career and think of a title that kind of represents that. And for me,… — Jason Aldean
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that. — Joseph Campbell
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them… — Joseph Campbell
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. — Orson Scott Card
There's a great metaphor that one of my doctors uses: If a fish is swimming in a dirty tank and it gets sick, do you… — Kris Carr
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live… — John le Carre
The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play;… — Edward Gargan
We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If technology is not a metaphor for memory, what is it? — K.K. Raghava
Language is memory and metaphor. — Storm Jameson

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