Be careful Quote by John Green

Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.

— James Geary

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

— Roberto Bolano

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

— Richard Dawkins

Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.

— Twyla Tharp

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

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

— Orson Scott Card

We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor.

— Robert Anton Wilson

But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ship s sink, or maybe we're grass--our…

— John Green

“So many options that they're almost overwhelming. Which is why it is sometimes so easy to grab the cliche, to reach out to what…

— Jenny Hubbard

Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event.

— Mary Ruefle

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

“There are fewer metaphors around than people think.”

— Terry Pratchett