Metaphorical Quotes

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.

Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification.

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.

In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy.

Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.