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Metaphors Quotes

Houses are fundamental metaphors for self, world, permeability, transition, interiority, exteriority, multiplicity, and the power to move from one state of being to another Picture Quote #1

Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: ‘Big Bang,’ ‘selfish gene’ and so on. Richard Dawkins’ selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the ‘altruistic gene,’ but he’d never have sold as many books with a title like that Picture Quote #1

There is a diverse meaning to the lyrics as well. A lot of the stuff I write is from a personal level but is not really anything that I care about if people get or not so I write alot of the stuff as metaphors based in Viking mythology and Viking History which is sort of my main interest in life and sort of my main atmosphere in life Picture Quote #1

I argue against literal interpretation of religious doctrines. Religions make progress when they emancipate themselves from literalism, and take their doctrinal statements to be metaphors or allegories Picture Quote #1

Why take notes? The obvious reason is to remember. Visual note-taking translates what we hear into pictures that give context, color, and meaning. By adding symbols, visual metaphors, likenesses of people, and room layouts, we add several dimensions Picture Quote #1

Metaphors, similes, puns - all manner of metonymy - I’m interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine - language that can only be understood through acculturation Picture Quote #1

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Some of my favorite media is the still cartoon that you can sit and study. You can get amazing metaphors across really quickly. I’m in awe of a Charles Schulz 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

Why would one ever be so insane as to ditch a perfectly beautiful metaphor? Cut back, of course, prune if you like, so that the best metaphors are clear and sparkling. But I will throw out unread the book that promises me no metaphors inside Picture Quote #1

The idea is to spin the wheel of metaphors and images until sparks of associations begin to fly for the reader Picture Quote #1

And metaphors like cats behind your smile,Each one wound up to purr,each one a pride,Each one a fine gold beast you’ve hid inside () Picture Quote #1

(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you’ve hid inside (...) Picture Quote #1

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Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them Picture Quote #1

I feel like metaphors are best when they spin in place. Like when they work and don’t work, or lead to a bigger question 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

I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so the science has to be in the novels as science and not just as metaphors Picture Quote #1

Photographs offer more than decisive moments. They are not alone, they add and subtract and change with time. They are metaphors for our lives... Even a static photograph can change in the blink of a day or decade Picture Quote #1

Presumably all obsessions are extreme metaphors waiting to be born. That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one’s conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones Picture Quote #1

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No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I’m not being high-falutin’ about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes Picture Quote #1

It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren’t words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke Picture Quote #1

Dad was a writer down to his cells, and he loved metaphors. Everything was a metaphor. Your dirty laundry could be one. Unexpected encounters with dog shit, definitely Picture Quote #1

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me Picture Quote #1

No doubt metaphors are dangerous- and perhaps especially so in philosophy. But a prohibition against their use would be a willful and harmful restriction upon our powers of inquiry Picture Quote #1

The use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale Picture Quote #1

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Fiction isn’t made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it deals in ideas as well as facts, but also in metaphors, symbols and myths Picture Quote #1

I’m a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me Picture Quote #1

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors Picture Quote #1

My favorite monster has always been the zombie. They are so much fun. They can be scary, pathetic, sad, funny, tragic, even heroic. They are the most elastic monster because, even with all of that, they don’t interfere with telling stories about the humans. They serve as threats and metaphors, but they allow the story to be about people Picture Quote #1

If you want to relate me to the newer cats, let’s go. Let’s go line for line and bar for bar. If it’s all about spitting and metaphors and MCing and lyrics and entendres, I will eat 99 percent of you dudes up Picture Quote #1

Good fantasy fiction: ... explores real human conditions through fantastic metaphors which universalize the characters’ individual experiences to speak personally to us all Picture Quote #1

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Houses are fundamental metaphors for self, world, permeability, transition, interiority, exteriority, multiplicity, and the power to move from one state of being to another (Metaphors Quotes) Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: ‘Big Bang,’ ‘selfish gene’ and so on. Richard Dawkins’ selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the ‘altruistic gene,’ but he’d never have sold as many books with a title like that (Metaphors Quotes) There is a diverse meaning to the lyrics as well. A lot of the stuff I write is from a personal level but is not really anything that I care about if people get or not so I write alot of the stuff as metaphors based in Viking mythology and Viking History which is sort of my main interest in life and sort of my main atmosphere in life (Metaphors Quotes) I argue against literal interpretation of religious doctrines. Religions make progress when they emancipate themselves from literalism, and take their doctrinal statements to be metaphors or allegories (Metaphors Quotes) Why take notes? The obvious reason is to remember. Visual note-taking translates what we hear into pictures that give context, color, and meaning. By adding symbols, visual metaphors, likenesses of people, and room layouts, we add several dimensions. (Metaphors Quotes) Metaphors, similes, puns - all manner of metonymy - I’m interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine - language that can only be understood through acculturation. (Metaphors Quotes) Some of my favorite media is the still cartoon that you can sit and study. You can get amazing metaphors across really quickly. I’m in awe of a Charles Schulz. (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) Why would one ever be so insane as to ditch a perfectly beautiful metaphor? Cut back, of course, prune if you like, so that the best metaphors are clear and sparkling. But I will throw out unread the book that promises me no metaphors inside. (Metaphors Quotes) The idea is to spin the wheel of metaphors and images until sparks of associations begin to fly for the reader. (Metaphors Quotes) And metaphors like cats behind your smile,Each one wound up to purr,each one a pride,Each one a fine gold beast you’ve hid inside () (Metaphors Quotes) (...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you’ve hid inside (...) (Metaphors Quotes) Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them. (Metaphors Quotes) I feel like metaphors are best when they spin in place. Like when they work and don’t work, or lead to a bigger question. (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) I find the attempt to find things out, which scientists are possessed by, to be as human as breathing, or feeding, or sex. And so the science has to be in the novels as science and not just as metaphors. (Metaphors Quotes) Photographs offer more than decisive moments. They are not alone, they add and subtract and change with time. They are metaphors for our lives... Even a static photograph can change in the blink of a day or decade. (Metaphors Quotes) Presumably all obsessions are extreme metaphors waiting to be born. That whole private mythology, in which I believe totally, is a collaboration between one’s conscious mind and those obsessions that, one by one, present themselves as stepping-stones. (Metaphors Quotes) No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I’m not being high-falutin’ about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes. (Metaphors Quotes) It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren’t words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke. (Metaphors Quotes) Dad was a writer down to his cells, and he loved metaphors. Everything was a metaphor. Your dirty laundry could be one. Unexpected encounters with dog shit, definitely. (Metaphors Quotes) I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me. (Metaphors Quotes) No doubt metaphors are dangerous- and perhaps especially so in philosophy. But a prohibition against their use would be a willful and harmful restriction upon our powers of inquiry. (Metaphors Quotes) The use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale. (Metaphors Quotes) Fiction isn’t made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it deals in ideas as well as facts, but also in metaphors, symbols and myths. (Metaphors Quotes) I’m a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me. (Metaphors Quotes) The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. (Metaphors Quotes) My favorite monster has always been the zombie. They are so much fun. They can be scary, pathetic, sad, funny, tragic, even heroic. They are the most elastic monster because, even with all of that, they don’t interfere with telling stories about the humans. They serve as threats and metaphors, but they allow the story to be about people. (Metaphors Quotes) If you want to relate me to the newer cats, let’s go. Let’s go line for line and bar for bar. If it’s all about spitting and metaphors and MCing and lyrics and entendres, I will eat 99 percent of you dudes up. (Metaphors Quotes) Good fantasy fiction: ... explores real human conditions through fantastic metaphors which universalize the characters’ individual experiences to speak personally to us all. (Metaphors Quotes)

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