Being real Quote by Terry Pratchett Download Open image “Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.” — Terry Pratchett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being real Mean Metaphor Metaphors Real Reality
“The beauty of a metaphor is it doesn't have to be real to ring true. The instant a metaphor becomes true it ceases to… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event. — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
There are metaphors more real than the people who walk in the street. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive. — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“when you describe something by using a word for something that it isn’t. This means that the word metaphor is a metaphor. I” — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
We're trapped in linguistic constructs... all that is is metaphor. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There is a night that never comes to an end.... The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Don't be in such a hurry to condemn a person because she doesn't do what you do, or think as you think or as… — Malcom X Copy Share Image
Going through unknown people's profiles and judging them by their pictures is totally normal. — Pradeep Chandra Copy Share Image
When you are important to another person, they will always find a way to make time for you - no excuses, no lies, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think about everyone in my life that was harsh with me or who gave me tough love and told me things that I… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
Laugh at every mistakes and realize that no one is perfect. We are human. All of us are imperfect, so there's no point judging… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Give yourself a chance to live because nobody will live it for you when you die — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You've noticed a change huh ? She doesn't text you as often . She never calls you anymore . When she does text you… — Delaney Ridnour Copy Share Image
I wish that one day you would finally realize that the person that is willing to love you forever is the person you are… — Khat Leen Copy Share Image
..If you love her/him then why give up, nobody said love was easy and nobody said love was hard... a relationship is what you… — TEVIN BOSTIC Copy Share Image
I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
