Analogies Quote by Michael Mandelbaum

Analogies and metaphors have often proved pivotal in expanding our thoughts both within and without science, and so one should not discourage the attempt…

— Tony Rothman

Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.

— Henry Adams

Analogies, in particular, can illuminate, but they can also obscure and confuse. They need to be handled carefully, like rhetorical high explosives.

— Max Boot

I'm really great at making terrible analogies.

— Joel Edgerton

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

— Samuel Butler

“Some analogies are so useful that they don’t merely shed light on a concept, they actually become platforms for novel thinking. For example, the…

— Chip Heath

Analogies have tied things together for me, personally. The fundamental one for me is the analogy between your relationship to your spouse and your…

— Wendell Berry

One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.

— Stefan Banach

Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

— Winston Churchill

“Writing analogies are as abundant as ants at a picnic. We love nothing better than a good analogy, a “life-is-like-this” on the page. I…

— Chila Woychik

“Language is nothing but a huge set of false analogies”

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“We lack the analogies’ was itself somehow deficient as a diagnosis, linguists burning up during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere after encountering Area X.”

— Jeff VanderMeer