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Whatever analogy we choose, one thing is clear - any group with influence needs people outside that group who will criticise it. In the real world of politics and society, journalists do that - proper journalists who know what having principles means, who aim for objectivity while accepting that it is unattainable, and who are open about who pays them and who they work with.
bill thompson— "Blog eats blog: The rise of the blogeoisie." by Bill Thompson, May 15, 2003.
As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each time the resulting amoebas having the same memories as the parent. Our amoeba hence does not have a life line, but a life tree.
hugh everett— illustrating the branching of individuals in many worlds each time an observation is performed, in an early draft of his doctoral dissertation (1950s). Accessible at Read original documents of Nova's Parallel worlds documentary of Hugh Everett's work.
I tell you this story because I think in our day and time, there is no analogy to that horrific action [the Holocaust]. But only to say, we are seeing eclipsed in front of our eyes a similar death and a similar taking away. It is this disenfranchisement that I think we have to answer to.
michele bachmann— "Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax issue", MSNBC, 30 April 2011, retrieved on 2001-05-01 comparing the next generation paying high taxes to the Holocaust
In calling society an ecological system we are not merely using an analogy; society is an example of the general concept of an " ecosystem " that is, an ecological system of which biological systems--forests, fields, swamps--are other examples.
kenneth boulding— p.6 (A Reconstruction of Economics, 1950)
Truly the eye was… …made to cast a lineament, a conducting wire between the most heterogeneous things. Such a wire, of maximum ductility, should allow us to understand, in a minimum of time, the relationship which connect, without possible discharge of continuity, innumerable physical and mental structures… …the key (of the mental prison, ed.) lies in a free unlimited pay of analogies… …one can admire today a canvas signed by Gorky , “The liver is the Cock’s Comb”, which should be considered the great open door to the analogy world.
andré breton— Introduction to the exhibition of Gorky’s first show', Julien Levy Gallery’, March 1945; as quoted in “Arshile Gorky, – Goats on the roof”, ed. by Matthew Spender, Ridinghouse, London, 2009, p. 258
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore, so it eats it! (It's rather like getting tenure.)* * The analogy between the sea squirt and the associate professor was first pointed out, I think, by the neuroscientist Rodolfo Llinas.
daniel c. dennett— p. 177 (Consciousness Explained (1991))
The human mind delights in finding pattern so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit of thought lies so deeply within the soul of a small creature trying to make sense of a complex world not constructed for it.
stephen jay gould— "The Rule of Five", p. 199
Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.
kim stanley robinson— Frank Chalmers
A parable is a form of writing that tells a story about common everyday things within the range of every individual's experience, and at the same time draws a subtle analogy between the ordinary facts of the story and the deeper meaning which lies parallel to the facts. Literally, the word parable means, "a comparison.
— Ervin Seale (1966) Learn to Live. p. 16
The purpose of a conceptual model is to provide a vocabulary of terms and concepts that can be used to describe problems and/or solutions of design. It is not the purpose of a model to address specific problems, and even less to propose solutions for them. Drawing an analogy with linguistics, a conceptual model is analogous to a language, while design patterns are analogous to rhetorical figures, which are predefined templates of language usages, suited particularly to specific problems.
— Peter P. Chen ed. (1999) Advances in Conceptual Modeling. p. 295
There, however, the medieval or early modern state assimilated most of them, although a significant number of distinctive ancient cultures persisted through such processes of integration Irish, Catalan. Norwegian and others (in Eastern Europe, the Greeks perhaps form an analogy).
— Gopal Balakrishnan (1996). Mapping the nation. London: Verso. pp. 79. ISBN 1-85984-060-4.
Mira Bai belonged to a strong tradition of bhakti (devotional) poets in medieval India who expressed their love of God through the analogy of human relations – a mother's love for her child, a friend for a friend, or a woman for her beloved. The immense popularity and charm of her lyrics lies in their use of everyday images and in the sweetness of emotions easily understood by the people of India.
Kathleen Kuiper— The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time, "Mira Bai", by Kathleen Kuiper (2009, pg. 71).
In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are an analogy for the intellectual of the future.
— Robert Musil, “Mathematical man” (1913)
Life is like an analogy.
— Aaron Allston, in Sven Lauer Knowledge Representation Summer term 2003
Nothing escapes God 's knowledge . This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun , which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.
— Saint Ambrose, in Duties of The Clergy, p.11
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes . That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator .
— Susan Blackmore, in Human Nature | The Quarry Masonic Forum (16 August 2012)
I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable , and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within.
— Erskine Bowles, in How US Can Avert Fiscal Cliff: 'We've Got Some Hope' (12 Jul 2012)
I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature .
— Philip Emeagwali, in Spearheading a Digital Revolution: Obasanjo Lights Up Ondo State : Commissions SITDEC House, p.29
Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love .
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1876), in Essays,
That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief , we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.
— Lukas Foss, in About The Creative Process
Let me give you an analogy; analogies, it is true , decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.
— Sigmund Freud, in Personality (1998), p.5
As the Church is the aggregate of believers , there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church as a whole.
— Charles Hodge, in The Reformed Presbyterian magazine. Jan. 1855-July 1858, 1862-76 (1855), p.47
The second relevant analogy has to do with the danger not to outside powers but to the local countries. The analogy is to Nigeria , which stands for the danger that oil wealth will lead to corruption , political disintegration and, in the long term, even economic debilitation .
— Michael Mandelbaum, in "The Great Game Then and Now (Address to the Conference on Oil and Gas in the Caspian Sea Region: Geopolitical and Regional Security, sponsored by the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation."
The third and final analogy is to the position of Britain in the Arab Middle East after w:World War I.
— Michael Mandelbaum, in "The Great Game Then and Now (Address to the Conference on Oil and Gas in the Caspian Sea Region: Geopolitical and Regional Security, sponsored by the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation."
I am my own worst enemy , suffocating soul that the devil won't claim. I don't if I believe in you anymore, but everything needs an analogy.
— The Color Morale, in The Color Morale - Living Breathing Something Lyrics
If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative .
— Peter Morgan, in The Fifth Estate: When biopic subjects strike back (18 October 2013)
I think the Cold War works as a great analogy or simile for different kinds of conflict . It's funny, when you look back at it, it's one of the last times that the boundaries were clear. Now, as we see on 'Homeland,' there are no clear boundaries and enemies.
— Matthew Rhys, in The Americans: Matthew Rhys on Cold War Intrigue (5 FEBRUARY 2013)
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions.
— John Searle, in The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence (2004). P.206
