Language Quote by Robert Smithson

Metaphor is embodied in language.

— Dennis Potter

Language is a systematic verbal symbolism.

— RMKATTA

All words, in every language, are metaphors.

— Marshall McLuhan

Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we…

— George Lakoff

I think that metaphor really is a key to explaining thought and language. The human mind comes equipped with an ability to penetrate the…

— Steven Pinker

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles

We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“Metaphors are inserted in our language even when they do not stand out (did you notice that?) to us.”

— Niklas Torneke

“Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification. The power of a word lies in the very inadequacy of the context it is placed, in…

— Robert Smithson

Language is memory and metaphor.

— Storm Jameson

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.

— Richard Rohr

Linguists have noticed that across the history of language some words start out as obvious, conscious metaphors and then slowly embed themselves in our…

— Michael Rosen