(116 quotes found)
“The Negro is America's metaphor,”
Richard Wright
“The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.”
Aharon Appelfeld
“King in Crimson is actually an alchemical term. King Crimson is a metaphor for Devil or Satan, but at the same time it's also a metaphor for one of the statures in the purification of man and the purification of mankind soul towards union with God and with Infinite, which is the philosophical aim of alchemists.”
Bruce Dickinson
“This is a very powerful tool, potentially with a bidirectional metaphor. It's indexing all this stuff on your desktop and doing something on the Web. Who's to say that's not a potential breach?”
James Governor
“To use an unfortunate metaphor, Iraq is a roadside bomb in American politics.”
Rich Bond
“It's a metaphor for our culture. This is where we get a lot of images we use in popular culture.”
The Wizard of Oz
“I think that's what makes [the show] a cut above - the writing of a metaphor, the writing about a fantastical world and bringing it into a real life context that is accessible,”
Jake Weber
“Often you used the name of your home town as a metaphor for your 1992 presidential campaign, 'The man from Hope. Well, I am sure that many Katrina-displaced families now homeless, or huddling with friends or relatives or in shacks wish that you would give them some hope.”
Ralph Nader
“A mountain is a challenge and requires determination and fortitude, and the situation in Tibet is a metaphor for that. The Chinese are a tremendous force in Tibet. They're fairly immovable and determined, but a determined group of people can take on a foe like that and make a change if they're resourceful and resilient.”
David Breashears
“It's certainly getting grown-ups like you talking about Barbie, and the metaphor that they are using reflects the majority of people's fascination with celebrity.”
Chris Byrne
