Metaphorically Quotes

51 quotes by 49 authors

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. — Diane Ackerman
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
Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that… — Kurt Vonnegut
Metaphorically I am made of chairs. It's a metaphor though. That means I am not actually made of the chairs. — Thom Yorke
Women, as well as men, in all ages and in all places, have danced on the earth, danced the life dance, danced joy, danced grief,… — Margaret Laurence
More people should visit Antarctica, metaphorically speaking, on their own. That is one of the conclusions I have reached, one of my recommendations: explore something,… — Phyllis Rose
Aston Villa have literally metaphorically had their pants pulled down — Dion Dublin
One of the things I like about being a celebrity is that you can get away with murder. Not just metaphorically, literally. Remember that annoying… — Zach Braff
The very term ['mental disease'] is nonsensical, a semantic mistake. The two words cannot go together except metaphorically; you can no more have a mental… — E. Fuller Torrey
In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas… — Paul Scott
Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now — Murray Walker
Conceptually, we may call truth what we cannot change; metaphorically, it is the ground on which we stand and the sky that stretches above us. — Hannah
What in thinking only occasionally and quasi-metaphorically happens, to retreat from the world of appearances, takes place in aging and dying as an appearanceâ€¦ in… — Hannah
I think you have to accept that an artist also has a relationship with his or her art and his or her fans: you are… — Neil Gaiman
It seems that the most fearful people in our country are those who don't travel and are metaphorically barricaded in America. If we all stayed… — Rick Steves
6 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically. — LaToya London
Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society. With one wand you could wipe out all racism and… — Richard Lamm
We humans have a wide range of abilities that help us perceive and analyze mathematical content. We perceive abstract notions not just through seeing but… — William Thurston
If you worry about financial Armageddon, it is indeed metaphorically the time to stock your bunker with guns, ammunition, canned food and gold bars. — Nouriel Roubini
I wanted to explore cancer not just biologically, but metaphorically. The idea that tuberculosis in the 19th century possessed the same kind of frightening and… — Siddhartha Mukherjee

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