Metaphor Quotes

“London is a roost for every bird.”

“Bronze is the mirror of the form; wine, of the heart.”

“That is what spinors are. They are the square root of geometry.”

“Old age is a shipwreck.”

“Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.”

“Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.”

“The shadow of the crib makes an enormous cage.”

“The thing about horror is that it's a great metaphor for other things.”

“It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.”

“The Church must be a house with open doors and windows, not a fortress.”

“The human heart is a dark forest.”

“A book may be a flower that blows; a star that glows; a storm that flows; a flame that flies; a tragedy that destroys, or a comedy that cracks its sides with mirth.”

“Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose in view.”

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”

“A coalition is a bit like a marriage. You have your ups and downs, but you have to work at it.”

“The stomach is the master of the house. If the stomach is not in order, the whole house is in disorder.”

“My life is a dry, empty husk.”

“The war on cancer is not a metaphor; it's a real battle we are fighting every day.”

“Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.”

“Your looks are a cocktail.”