#simi

The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#simile #witty #insult

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. ↗

— Andrew Lang

#simile #insult

A house without books is like a room without windows. ↗

— Horace Mann

#house #simile #windows #books

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#optimism #pessimism #schizophrenia #universe

On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing. ↗

— Jean Stapleton

#beginning #day #did #end #had

The Simi is environmentally sound. Eat everything except for hooves ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#dance

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest ↗

— Winston Churchill

#public-speaking #simile #speaking #speech

The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#simile #wind

What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#journey

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now? ↗

— Jim Butcher

#optimism #pessimism #thomas-raith #victory