Quotes by Metaphor There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you are living under a dictatorship. Marjane Satrapi metaphor cinema use I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith. Mark Burnett metaphor names dream He [Peter Pan] is a metaphor for dreams and faith. Mark Burnett peter metaphor dream All words, in every language, are metaphors. Marshall McLuhan metaphor media language Metaphor has traditionally been regarded as the matrix and pattern of the figures of speech. Marshall McLuhan patterns metaphor speech There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors. Mary Catherine Bateson toxic metaphor thinking Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event. Mary Ruefle metaphor events term A system of metaphor (pointing to a higher power) that one takes inside oneself as the truth and through its rules one aligns ones inner and outer behavior, submitting ones ego or will to the will of a higher power. Mason Jennings metaphor ego behavior A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth. Matthew Woodring Stover metaphor powerful enough Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle. Max Black unraveling metaphor understanding ...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another. Max Black metaphor seems may Metaphors convince at once or not at all. Mason Cooley convince metaphor Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle. Mason Cooley transcendence metaphor miracle Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them. Mason Cooley advantage metaphor events A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time. Mason Cooley theology metaphor religion Certainly, the history of my life and the works of art which have especially enriched it is precisely that: the depiction or incantation of a handful of metaphors whose spendour rests upon their intonation. Michael Ayrton depiction metaphor art Life is unfair and improv is a great metaphor of that. Mike Birbiglia life-is-unfair metaphor life-is Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor Milan Kundera unbearable-lightness-of-being metaphor love-is Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. Milan Kundera unbearable metaphor dangerous Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon. Morton Feldman parables cages metaphor «1234567891011»