#analogy

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#humor #science #humor

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes ↗

— Edsger Wybe DIJKSTRA

#computers #science

Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#joy #fun

Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#draco-malfoy #harry-potter #neville-longbottom #ron-weasley #stupidity

As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#resentment #bad

Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity ↗

— Stephen King

#analogy #disapproval #motto #pacifism #paradox

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

To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#best #completely #democratic #democratic government #fulfills

One good analogy is worth three hours discussion. ↗

— Dudley Field Malone

#discussion #good #hours #three #worth