Analogies Quote by Gillian Jacobs Download Open image “An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on” — Gillian Jacobs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Analogies Hats Philosophy of Mind
Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom. — I. A. Richards Copy Share Image
To reason from analogy is often dangerous, but to illustrate by a fanciful analogy is sometimes a means by which we light an idea,… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
The simile sets two ideas side by side; in the metaphor they become superimposed. — F. L. Lucas Copy Share Image
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another. — James Geary Copy Share Image
Analogy pervades all our thinking, our everyday speech and our trivial conclusions as well as artistic ways of expression and the highest scientific achievements. — George Polya Copy Share Image
In the simplest formulation, when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word,… — I. A. Richards Copy Share Image
“Some analogies are so useful that they don’t merely shed light on a concept, they actually become platforms for novel thinking. For example, the… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women. — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I've gotten 'a blond Liv Tyler' a lot but I'd never gotten an 'Elisabeth Shue,' But I was happy to get the compliment. I'm… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school. — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I've been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn't necessarily have permits or permission. I've even run from the cops in the… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I try to have a very well-rounded group of friends that did a lot of different things and weren't just performers. Because I feel… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I used to babysit. And the kids I babysat were huge Hilary Duff fans, and so we used to have dance parties every day… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs. — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I also have learned as an actor, this ties in the principles of improv, sometimes someone gives a piece of instruction and my first… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I always use the analogy that when you go to a jeans store and put on a new pair of jeans, it's a pair… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Kanye [West] just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book - in 20 years, I'll have a… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
For some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole,… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
The nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our imaginative experience. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
His lessons were chock-full of analogies for a variety of musical situations. Those little things were my favorites. 'No . . . that's too… — Manny Laureano Copy Share Image
Imagination runs out. But it makes sense, right? We probably just imagine things based on what we already know, and we run out of… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image