#meta

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysical #philosophy #metaphysics

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#i #i think #metaphor #reason #sense

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #athletes #difficulty #great #important

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#believe #find #finding #instinct #less

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#bullets #compared #hot #lead #metal

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#challenges #how #life #look #metaphor

As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica. ↗

— Lars Ulrich

#metallica #record #says

Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed. ↗

— James Buchan

#assertive #commodities #crude #crude oil #dictation

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

The hardest thing for me is walking. Can you imagine you've got a metal pole and if you put pressure on it like a strong walk, you can walk. ↗

— Heather Mills

#hardest #imagine #like #me #metal