Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way. Votes: 4
Richard DawkinsMetaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming. Votes: 3
Roberto BolanoThere are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors. Votes: 2
Mary Catherine BatesonI attended [Sir Humphry] Davy's lectures to renew my stock of metaphors. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors. Votes: 0
Kurt BusiekCities are obvious metaphors for life. We call roads 'arteries' and so forth. Votes: 0
Geoffrey WestWe need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition. Votes: 0
Stephen R. DonaldsonWriters think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. Votes: 0
Steven PressfieldThought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom. Votes: 0
I. A. RichardsMetaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Votes: 0
James GearyMartin was dafter than a syphilitic polecat - where do I get these metaphors from? Votes: 0
Steig LarssonBecause you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true. Votes: 0
William P. YoungSince events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyThe most colossal display of wise, inspiring, and humorous metaphors ever exhibited in one place. Votes: 0
Richard LedererKey metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions. Votes: 0
M. H. AbramsIf the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace. Votes: 0
Roger ZelaznyI talk a lot in metaphors. I get my words out but sometimes they don't make sense. Votes: 0
David BoreanazI think a lot of what goes into writing can be taught - not mixing metaphors, etc. Votes: 0
Lydia DavisThe worst of gardening is that it's so full of metaphors one hardly knows where to begin. Votes: 0
Jan StrutherThe use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale. Votes: 0
Erin McKeanShe does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it. Votes: 0
Mahmoud Darwish