Cost Quote by George Orwell

Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.

— Roberto Bolano

Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

— Richard Dawkins

Better to say something simply instead of giving people a bunch of vague metaphors to mull over.

— Roland Orzabal

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

— John Green

If I were to give off-the-cuff advice to anyone trying to institute change, I would say, "How clear is the metaphor?"

— Warren G. Bennis

“So many options that they're almost overwhelming. Which is why it is sometimes so easy to grab the cliche, to reach out to what…

— Jenny Hubbard

“Writing is about making choices, Miss Dovecott says. One word or phrase or title over another. So many options that they're almost overwhelming. Which…

— Jenny Hubbard

I've gotten very alert not just to mixed metaphor but to any writing mistake.

— Lydia Davis

I talk a lot in metaphors. I get my words out but sometimes they don't make sense.

— David Boreanaz

The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.

— OMI

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

— Orson Scott Card

Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.

— James J. Kilpatrick