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Metaphor Quotes by James Geary
- A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.
- Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves and…
- Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.
- Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns.
- Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.
- Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.
More Metaphor Quotes
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — 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… — 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.… — 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… — Joseph Campbell
- Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. — Orson Scott Card