Communicate Quote by James Geary

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.

— James Geary

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

Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason, most people…

— George Lakoff

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

— 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

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 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

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

— M. H. Abrams

Metaphors hide in plain sight, and their influence is largely unconscious. We should mind our metaphors, though, because metaphors make up our minds.

— James Geary

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

— Gregory Bateson

Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other…

— Grant Morrison

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

— George Lakoff