#analogy

When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#really #singing #want #you

Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#body #contact #divine #life #soul

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#being #capable #facts #knowledge #law

The analogy I use is that 'World of Warcraft' is like going to the mall: you see a ton of people there, but you don't really want to interact with them; you just want to know you're part of the human race. And if you get in trouble, you'll know someone else is there. ↗

— John Romero

#else #get #going #human #human race

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#least #misleading #often #thing #though

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#across #analogy #communication #essence #feel

She stared down into her coffee, as if she had more to say, but the words had fallen into the mug and were now too soggy to use. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#funny #funny

Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit. ↗

— David Archuleta

#inspiration #inspirational #simile #thoughts #inspirational

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end. ↗

— Plato

#inspirational #motivational #perseverance #philosophy #running

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#artist #did #does #how #know