"We are not figuratively, but literally Stardust." — Neil deGrasse Tyson

More Figuratively Quotes

This quote is filed under Figuratively Quotes, one of 57 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has… — George Carlin
• Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if… — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• How many more years I shall be able to work on the problem I do not know; I hope, as… — Robert H. Goddard
• I believe - figuratively, but in a very real way - we need to tent the White House! — Pat Boone
• I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand… — Larry Klayman
• HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . .… — Ambrose Bierce
• Perhaps the greatest discovery of my life, without question the greatest commitment, came when finally I had the confidence in… — Boyd K. Packer
• When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally — John Cornyn
• Every so often a disappearance is in order. A vanishing. A checking out. An indeterminate period of unavailability. Each person,… — John Murray
• In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down,… — Gene Tunney
• Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead… — Joseph Pilates
• Every time you take someone figuratively by the hand and introduce him or her to Jesus Christ, you will feel… — Clayton Christensen

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