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“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”

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“I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.”

Philosophy Letters

Book:Correspondence, 1926-1969

Source: Correspondence, 1926-1969

“You know, a cell phone's like a guy; if you don't plug him in every night, charge him good, you got nothing at all.”

Men Sex Telephones Simile Cell Phones

Book:TailSpin

Source: TailSpin

“A friend... sort of. Ren watches me like I'm a cookie jar he wouldn't mind being caught with his hands in.”

Yearning Simile

Author:Andrea Cremer

“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”

Life Simile River Sweep Rapid Gently

Author:Emma Smith

“You," Madeline said, her voice hollow and wheezing, "are like a bad case of herpes, wizard. You're inconvenient, embarassing, no real threat, and you simply will not go away.”

Book:Turn Coat

Source: Turn Coat

“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

Economics Taxation Simile

Author:Winston S. Churchill

“Stress level: extreme. It's like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode.”

Book:Six Impossible Things

Source: Six Impossible Things

“The very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.”

Description Simile Screams

Book:Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Source: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“Life is like a bad haircut. At first it looks awful, then you kind of get used to it, and before you know it, it it grows out and you gotta get another haircut that maybe won't be so bad, unless of course you keep going to SuperClips, where the hairstylists are so terrible they oughta be using safety scissors, and when they're done you look like your head got caught in a ceiling fan. So life goes on, good haircut, bad haircut, until finally you go bald, and it don't matter no more. I told this wisdom to my mother, and she said I oughta put it in a book, then burn it. Some people just can't appreciate the profound.”

Book:The Schwa was Here

Source: The Schwa was Here

“A girl without braids is like a city without bridges.”

Girls Simile Hairstyle

Book:Rooftop Soliloquy

Source: Rooftop Soliloquy