"We are prisoners of our own metaphors, metaphorically speaking..."

-- R. Buckminster Fuller

#Metaphor Quotes #Prisoner Quotes

“Winning ugly is still winning.”
“And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.”
“Christianity is based on a book. It centers in a Person. It expresses itself in a message. It authenticates itself in an experience.”
“My family achieved success not in spite of, but because of the American system of taxation. After all, without reliable and safe roads thereâ€™d have been no Disneyland; without high functioning legal systems and a well regulated business environment there would have been no copyright protection for Mickey Mouse.”
“I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That's easy to do.”

Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.
“Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.”
“Jung Min’s palms are always sweating and he wears strange socks!”
“Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.”

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