Communication Quote by Grant Morrison

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

Metaphor is, as a common feature of linguistic practice, an incidental expediency, a homely administering of first-aid by mother-wit to jams or halts in…

— Laura Riding

“Metaphors are one of the most powerful weapons in your arsenal as a presenter. In today's fast-paced world of communication, a well-thought-out metaphor acts…

— Bruna Martinuzzi

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

— James Geary

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves…

— James Geary

“A metaphor is not merely a linguistic expression (a form of words) used for artistic or rhetorical purposes; instead, it is a process of…

— Mark Johnson

Metaphor is embodied in language.

— Dennis Potter

The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another.

— George Lakoff

All words, in every language, are metaphors.

— Marshall McLuhan

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

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

— Richard Dawkins

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

— Roberto Bolano