"Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in……" — James Geary
"Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another."
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- We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only… — Dan Aykroyd
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center… — Michele Bachmann
- If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires… — Michele Bachmann
- There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. — Ansel Adams
- And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to… — Dave Barry
- I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept. — Drew Barrymore
- America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of… — Benazir Bhutto
- Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of… — Benazir Bhutto
- Surfing is such an amazing concept. You're taking on Nature with a little stick and saying, 'I'm gonna ride you!'… — Jolene Blalock
- I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept. — Orlando Bloom
- What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty… — Andrea Bocelli
- God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested… — Bono