An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. —Winston Churchill More about this quote Tags: war appeasement analogy crocodile Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. —Arnold Toynbee More about this quote Tags: history USA dogs analogy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. —Eugene McCarthy More about this quote Tags: politics analogy football sports Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the Fiji islands, it appears, cannibalism is now familiar. They eat their own wives and children. We only devour widows' houses, and great merchants outwit and absorb the substance of small ones, and every man feeds on his neighbor's labor if he can. It is a milder form of cannibalism. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: politics power labor analogy cannibalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. —Christopher Hampton More about this quote Tags: writing criticism analogy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired; you quit when the gorilla is tired. —Robert Strauss More about this quote Tags: analogy control fatigue Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. —E. W. Dijkstra More about this quote Tags: science analogy computers astronomy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. —Robert Green Ingersoll More about this quote Tags: hope analogy flowers bees Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email