People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elisabeth Kübler-RossTags: life inner-beauty analogy
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. And even a cursory glance at the history of the biological sciences during the last quarter of a century is sufficient to justify the assertion, that the most potent instrument for the extension of the realm of natural knowledge which has come into men's hands, since the publication of Newton's ‘Principia’, is Darwin's ‘Origin of Species.
Thomas Henry HuxleyTags: science knowledge biology history goal metaphor justification ocean analogy isaac-newton newton business charles-darwin darwin illimitable inexplicability infinite intellectual origin-of-species possessions principia solidity unknown
As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.
Elizabeth GilbertTags: analogy resentment
Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.
Terry PratchettIf you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
Richard M. NixonTags: music harmony analogy integration
I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.
Brian SelznickTags: inspiration usefulness thought-provoking analogy machine
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Joseph AddisonTags: happiness humanity smile analogy sunshine
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Albert EinsteinSports is to war as pornography is to sex.
Jonathan HaidtTags: war sex sports analogy pornography
He once told me that an August evening was "as hot as three toads in a Cuisinart," a comparison that left me blinking two days later.
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