Metaphor Quote by John Philpot Curran Download Open image “When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.” — John Philpot Curran ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Metaphor
I talk a lot in metaphors. I get my words out but sometimes they don't make sense. — David Boreanaz Copy Share Image
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Metaphors get under your skin by ghosting right past the logical mind. — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another. — James Geary Copy Share Image
Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive. — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another. — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“when you describe something by using a word for something that it isn’t. This means that the word metaphor is a metaphor. I” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us… — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given… — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
“In times of change, learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned are beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists.” — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night. — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost. — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins. — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man. — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay. — Adrian Frutiger Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Despite which, Charlie seems doomed to stumble around in the dark, clutching pieces of a puzzle he still can't see.” — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
