Quote by Richard K. Morgan Download Open image ““who knows how the data behind these metaphors has traveled, from where and for how long.”” — Richard K. Morgan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Metaphor is the currency of knowledge. I have spent my life learning incredible amounts of disparate, disconnected, obscure, useless pieces of knowledge, and they… — Chandler Burr Copy Share Image
“Everything is data! And with all this new data, we can finally see through people’s lies.” — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Copy Share Image
“The best metaphors are a bit magical. They conjure connections that weren’t there in our minds before,” — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“A metaphor is a kind o' lie to help people understand what's true.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The “Metaphor is one of thoughts most essential tools. It illuminates what would otherwise be totally obscure. But the illumination is sometimes so bright… — Alistair Gray Copy Share Image
“where data are sparse, competing ideas abound that are clever and wishful.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Pull on the new flesh like borrowed gloves and burn your fingers once again.” — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet. — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“These are pious, clean-living men, worshipping at the temple of their own bodies.” “Hmm. Sounds distinctly erotic.” — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
As to the differences between game work and novel writing, well, obviously the former is a lot less lonely - you're in and out… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“ Books — the warm, leather-skinned weight of them in your hands, the way they smelled when you lifted them close to your face.… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“In any agenda, political or otherwise, there is a cost to be borne. Always ask what it is, and who will be paying. If… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“... it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal. Well, fuck them.… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
I've seen 'True Detective' end-to-end at least three times; I'll probably see it again. It is a work of dark brilliance. But if the… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“The human eye is a wonderful device,” I quoted from Poems and Other Prevarications absently. “With a little effort, it can fail to see… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“Overhead soft-bellied clouds panic toward the horizon like whales before the harpoon, and the wind runs addict's fingers through the trees that line the… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
Certainly a decade and a half out in the real world, bashing my head against things, probably made me into a more textured writer.… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image