“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.” CharacterSubstanceSimileAppearances Author:Abraham Lincoln
“I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until you burst from the pressure of them, or to have them sucked out of you, every paragraph, every sentence, every word of them, so at the end you're depleted of all that was once as precious to you as hoarded gold, as close to you as your skin - everything that was of the deepest importance to you, everything that made you cringe and wish to conceal, everything that belonged to you alone - and must spend the rest of your days like an empty sack flapping in the wind, an empty sack branded with a bright fluorescent label so that everyone will know what sort of secrets used to be inside you?” MetaphorSecretsSimileMargaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin Book:The Blind Assassin Source: The Blind Assassin
“Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.” IgnoranceDrinkingAlcoholSimile Author:Jay Bylsma
“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.” AiArtificial IntelligenceSimileComputer Science Author:Edsger W. Dijkstra
“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.” PhilosophyLetters 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.” MenSexTelephonesSimileCell 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.” YearningSimile Author:Andrea Cremer
“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” LifeSimileRiverSweepRapidGently 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.” InsultSimile 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.” EconomicsTaxationSimile Author:Winston S. Churchill