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Metaphors Quotes

The worst of gardening is that it’s so full of metaphors one hardly knows where to begin Picture Quote #1

Illnesses have always been used as metaphors to enliven charges that a society was corrupt or unjust Picture Quote #1

Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of the body while the masculine has signified culture and mental activity Picture Quote #1

We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist Picture Quote #1

Time, space, and causality are only metaphors of knowledge, with which we explain things to ourselves Picture Quote #1

It would seem as if the very language of our parlors would lose all its nerve and degenerate into palaver wholly, our lives pass at such remoteness from its symbols, and its metaphors and tropes are necessarily so far fetched Picture Quote #1

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Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love Picture Quote #1

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They’ve always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply Picture Quote #1

Look at almost any passage, and you’ll find that a paragraph has five or six metaphors in it. It’s not that the speaker is trying to be poetic, it’s just that that’s the way language works Picture Quote #1

It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors Picture Quote #1

Please, don’t torture me with cliches. If you’re going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors Picture Quote #1

For we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them Picture Quote #1

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Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors Picture Quote #1

We don’t suffer from a shortage of metaphors... But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters Picture Quote #1

The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind Picture Quote #1

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances Picture Quote #1

By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself Picture Quote #1

Tree limbs rise and fall like the ecstatic arms of those who have submitted to the mystical life. Leaf sounds talk together like poets making fresh metaphors Picture Quote #1

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It’s frightening and exhilarating. It’s like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn’t Picture Quote #1

Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the arts, the life just slips away from them Picture Quote #1

Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies Picture Quote #1

The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for metaphors, for example: When I was a young man I was always hunting for new metaphors. Then I found out that really good metaphors are always the same Picture Quote #1

Cute, she said, smiling. If the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace Picture Quote #1

Do you know why teachers use me? Because I speak in tongues. I write metaphors. Every one of my stories is a metaphor you can remember Picture Quote #1

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We do not think good metaphors are anything very important, but I think that a good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on Picture Quote #1

The greatest thing is style... A mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances Picture Quote #1

Pretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering expressions, and something of a neat cast of verse are properly the dress, gems, or loose ornaments of poetry Picture Quote #1

But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances Picture Quote #1

Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation Picture Quote #1

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you’ve got all these pictures to turn into metaphors Picture Quote #1

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The worst of gardening is that it’s so full of metaphors one hardly knows where to begin (Metaphors Quotes) Illnesses have always been used as metaphors to enliven charges that a society was corrupt or unjust (Metaphors Quotes) Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of the body while the masculine has signified culture and mental activity (Metaphors Quotes) We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist (Metaphors Quotes) Time, space, and causality are only metaphors of knowledge, with which we explain things to ourselves (Metaphors Quotes) It would seem as if the very language of our parlors would lose all its nerve and degenerate into palaver wholly, our lives pass at such remoteness from its symbols, and its metaphors and tropes are necessarily so far fetched (Metaphors Quotes) Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love (Metaphors Quotes) The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They’ve always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply (Metaphors Quotes) Look at almost any passage, and you’ll find that a paragraph has five or six metaphors in it. It’s not that the speaker is trying to be poetic, it’s just that that’s the way language works (Metaphors Quotes) It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors (Metaphors Quotes) Please, don’t torture me with cliches. If you’re going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors (Metaphors Quotes) For we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them (Metaphors Quotes) Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors (Metaphors Quotes) We don’t suffer from a shortage of metaphors... But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters (Metaphors Quotes) The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind (Metaphors Quotes) The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances (Metaphors Quotes) By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself (Metaphors Quotes) Tree limbs rise and fall like the ecstatic arms of those who have submitted to the mystical life. Leaf sounds talk together like poets making fresh metaphors (Metaphors Quotes) It’s frightening and exhilarating. It’s like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn’t (Metaphors Quotes) Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the arts, the life just slips away from them (Metaphors Quotes) Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have people who consider themselves believers because they accept metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies (Metaphors Quotes) The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for metaphors, for example: When I was a young man I was always hunting for new metaphors. Then I found out that really good metaphors are always the same (Metaphors Quotes) Cute, she said, smiling. If the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace (Metaphors Quotes) Do you know why teachers use me? Because I speak in tongues. I write metaphors. Every one of my stories is a metaphor you can remember (Metaphors Quotes) We do not think good metaphors are anything very important, but I think that a good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on (Metaphors Quotes) The greatest thing is style... A mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances (Metaphors Quotes) Pretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering expressions, and something of a neat cast of verse are properly the dress, gems, or loose ornaments of poetry (Metaphors Quotes) But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances (Metaphors Quotes) Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation (Metaphors Quotes) The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you’ve got all these pictures to turn into metaphors (Metaphors Quotes)

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