Analogies Quote by Gillian Jacobs

Ideas result from the collision of metaphors inside the head.

— Ray Bradbury

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom.

— I. A. Richards

“analogy to illustrate this phenomenon”

— Anonymous

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

The simile sets two ideas side by side; in the metaphor they become superimposed.

— F. L. Lucas

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

— James Geary

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

A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

— James Geary

A thought is an idea in transit.

— Pythagoras

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

“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