"A world in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Metaphor, World, Values

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"A world in the hand is worth two in the bush."

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"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Metaphor, Body, Mind, Energy, Disease

"Most people who lose their lives because life might be down for them only refuse to know what a tuber of yam that is put into the soil goes through before it comes up as a fresh green creeping plant to bear yet another bigger tuber."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Metaphor, Life, Growth, Struggle

"Your this beautiful ship that will sail a long way, and I'd only be your anchor""A ship without an anchor can never be at rest."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Metaphor, Rest, Support, Relationship

"There are people among us who are biologically human but who are androids in the metaphoric sense."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Metaphor, Humanity, Identity, Emotion

"There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen."

Marie Lu, American Author

Metaphor, Darkness, Power, Fear, Control

"What runs through a person like water through a sieve."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Metaphor, Life, Observation, Flow, Existence

"Like the cotton-carder who combs tangled cotton into a long bundle of fibre, you take all my knotted fragments and comb them into light."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Metaphor, Healing, Transformation, Light, Hope

"A car with a small hole in its fuel tank unattended to shall see its fuel draining little by little and it shall only be left in the middle of a long journey! So is life! Mind the small things!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Metaphor, Car, Journey, Life, Attention

"Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

Metaphor, Metaphors, Problems, Television, Thinking

"When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor."

John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant

Metaphor, Sense, Talk

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"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself."

Unity

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

Strength

"Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin."

Language

"If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground."

Support

"A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches."

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"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

"Most people who lose their lives because life might be down for them only refuse to know what a tuber of yam that is put into the soil goes through before it comes up as a fresh green creeping plant to bear yet another bigger tuber."

"Your this beautiful ship that will sail a long way, and I'd only be your anchor""A ship without an anchor can never be at rest."

"There are people among us who are biologically human but who are androids in the metaphoric sense."

"There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen."

"What runs through a person like water through a sieve."

"Like the cotton-carder who combs tangled cotton into a long bundle of fibre, you take all my knotted fragments and comb them into light."

"A car with a small hole in its fuel tank unattended to shall see its fuel draining little by little and it shall only be left in the middle of a long journey! So is life! Mind the small things!"

"Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things."

"When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor."

Explore more quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself."

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

"Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin."

"If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground."

"A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches."

"You become what you think about all day long."

"Self-trust is the first secret of success."

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."

"The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence."

"Self-command is the main elegance."