Quotes for All
Some distance away is a white azalea bush which stuns me with its stately beauty. This is pristine natural beauty. it is irrepressible, seeks no reward, and is without goal, a beauty derived neither from symbolism nor metaphor and needing neither analogies nor associations. Gao Xingjian
The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We are not quite novels. The analogy … Read more
We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy. G. M. Trevelyan
History repeats itself and History never repeats itself are about equally true … We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy. G. M. Trevelyan
The plurality that we perceive is only an appearance; it is not real. Vedantic philosophy… has sought to clarify it by a number of analogies, one of the most attractive being the many-faceted crystal which, while showing hundreds of little pictures of what is in reality a single existent object, does not really multiply that … Read more
I think it’s absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within. Erskine Bowles
I tried to explain as much as I could, Poppet says. I think I made an analogy about cake. Well, that must have worked, Widget says. Who doesn’t like a good cake analogy? Erin Morgenstern
The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: If I draw a circle, most people, when asked what I have drawn, will say I have drawn a circle or a disc, or a ball. Very few people will say I’ve drawn a hole in the … Read more
I always use the analogy that when you go to a jeans store and put on a new pair of jeans, it’s a pair of jeans and they feel different; so, when you’re dealing with these sort of costumes it’s a very big departure and really does make you feel quite different. But it’s wonderful. … Read more
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. Elon Musk