#metaphor

If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. ↗

— Dorothy Gambrell

#librarian #library #metaphor #television #television

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#least #metaphors #most #space #truth

For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#metaphor

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#journey #metaphorical #research #travel #attitude

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

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

Just touching her makes me want to immerse myself, put my head completely under the surface of her. I want to drift, to let her carry me away, down her current. ↗

— Holly Schindler

#beauty

Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#fine #get #metaphors #sometimes #understanding

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors. ↗

— Dar Williams

#because #funny #funny thing #go #got