Communication Quote by Dennis Potter

Metaphor is embodied in language.

— Dennis Potter

We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor.

— Robert Anton Wilson

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.

— Richard Rohr

I think that metaphor really is a key to explaining thought and language. The human mind comes equipped with an ability to penetrate the…

— Steven Pinker

“Metaphors are inserted in our language even when they do not stand out (did you notice that?) to us.”

— Niklas Torneke

No doubt metaphors are dangerous- and perhaps especially so in philosophy. But a prohibition against their use would be a willful and harmful restriction…

— Max Black

One of the standard story-generating engines for science fiction is to take something we normally think of as metaphoric and treat it as if…

— Robert J. Sawyer

Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we…

— George Lakoff

Metaphors are an interesting example of creating magic in prose.

— Francesca Lia Block

There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble…

— George Orwell

The drive toward the formation of metaphors is the fundamental human drive, which one cannot for a single instant dispense with in thought ,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event.

— Mary Ruefle