Association Quote by Norton Juster

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny…

— Ned Beauman

A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

— James Geary

“Similes are like metaphors.”

— Anonymous

Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.

— James J. Kilpatrick

The simile sets two ideas side by side; in the metaphor they become superimposed.

— F. L. Lucas

A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject; must show it to the understanding in a clearer view, and display…

— Samuel Johnson

“Metaphors are like similes, the only difference is.”

— Aaron Davidson

I'll buy metaphor, but simile's a cop-out used by scaredycats who won't commit to anything. Simile's for cowards.

— Alan Garner

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

— Franz Kafka

“I don't want to be a simile anymore,' I said. "I want to be a metaphor.”

— China Miéville

I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor.

— Tim Vine