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Allegory Quotes

Everything for me becomes allegory Picture Quote #1

Nature is a word, an allegory, a mold, an embossing, if you will Picture Quote #1

Each character is an allegory for every aspect of human existence Picture Quote #1

As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile Picture Quote #1

All perishable is but an allegory Picture Quote #1

I don’t like allegory Picture Quote #1

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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story Picture Quote #1

Confession is a sacred rite enhanced by allegory, exaggeration, and lies Picture Quote #1

Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us? Picture Quote #1

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms Picture Quote #1

The allegory of Adam and Eve eating of the tree of evil, and entailing upon their posterity the wrath of God and the loss of everlasting life, admits of no other explanation than the disease and crime that have flowed from unnatural diet Picture Quote #1

If you look only as Genesis as an allegory, you have a major problem, because if it’s an allegory, then tell me who our ancestor was? If Abraham was real, then from Abraham if Adam isn’t real, if it’s just an allegory, it’s just a story, then what’s the real Adam who really fell in a garden and really sinned? Where did we come from? Picture Quote #1

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Now, if the book of Genesis is an allegory, then sin is an allegory, the Fall is an allegory and the need for a Savior is an allegory - but if we are all descendants of an allegory, where does that leave us? It destroys the foundation of all Christian doctrine-it destroys the foundation of the gospel Picture Quote #1

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence Picture Quote #1

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either explained, allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory Picture Quote #1

V is like a mythical situation. It’s an allegory for what could happen. V has philosophies within it that actually warn against things like that happening Picture Quote #1

By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly discerned nature of the spirit. A symbol does not define or explain; it points beyond itself to a meaning that is darkly divined yet still beyond our grasp, and cannot be adequately expressed in the familiar words of our language Picture Quote #1

It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in allegory the basic themes and problems of his life Picture Quote #1

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A man’s life of any worth is a continual allegory, and very few eyes can see the mystery of his life, a life like the scriptures, figurative Picture Quote #1

A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory Picture Quote #1

Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory Picture Quote #1

For... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain Picture Quote #1

Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an allegory of life Picture Quote #1

A novel is not an allegory... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing Picture Quote #1

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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers Picture Quote #1

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory Picture Quote #1

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Everything for me becomes allegory (Allegory Quotes) Nature is a word, an allegory, a mold, an embossing, if you will (Allegory Quotes) Each character is an allegory for every aspect of human existence (Allegory Quotes) As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile (Allegory Quotes) All perishable is but an allegory (Allegory Quotes) I don’t like allegory (Allegory Quotes) Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story (Allegory Quotes) Confession is a sacred rite enhanced by allegory, exaggeration, and lies (Allegory Quotes) Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us? (Allegory Quotes) I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms (Allegory Quotes) The allegory of Adam and Eve eating of the tree of evil, and entailing upon their posterity the wrath of God and the loss of everlasting life, admits of no other explanation than the disease and crime that have flowed from unnatural diet. (Allegory Quotes) If you look only as Genesis as an allegory, you have a major problem, because if it’s an allegory, then tell me who our ancestor was? If Abraham was real, then from Abraham if Adam isn’t real, if it’s just an allegory, it’s just a story, then what’s the real Adam who really fell in a garden and really sinned? Where did we come from? (Allegory Quotes) Now, if the book of Genesis is an allegory, then sin is an allegory, the Fall is an allegory and the need for a Savior is an allegory - but if we are all descendants of an allegory, where does that leave us? It destroys the foundation of all Christian doctrine-it destroys the foundation of the gospel (Allegory Quotes) I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence (Allegory Quotes) The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either explained, allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory (Allegory Quotes) V is like a mythical situation. It’s an allegory for what could happen. V has philosophies within it that actually warn against things like that happening (Allegory Quotes) By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly discerned nature of the spirit. A symbol does not define or explain; it points beyond itself to a meaning that is darkly divined yet still beyond our grasp, and cannot be adequately expressed in the familiar words of our language (Allegory Quotes) It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in allegory the basic themes and problems of his life (Allegory Quotes) A man’s life of any worth is a continual allegory, and very few eyes can see the mystery of his life, a life like the scriptures, figurative (Allegory Quotes) A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory (Allegory Quotes) Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory (Allegory Quotes) For... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain (Allegory Quotes) Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an allegory of life (Allegory Quotes) A novel is not an allegory... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing (Allegory Quotes) An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers (Allegory Quotes) A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory (Allegory Quotes)