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"Life goes in streaks, like a hitter in baseball, sometimes a money manager is seeing the ball, and sometimes they're not."
"Strokes of genius are made of analogies, personal insights, political decisions, and dinner table conversations."
"If analogies are useful at all, there's certainly not a one-size-fits-all method. We have to ask if we're forgetting the other lessons history has to offer."
"Stoichiometry is like baking a cake, but with chemicals!"
"When an enemy with extra knots dies, their Crimson knots get transferred to another character like the STDs." - Unexpected analogy, humorous.
"I think part of the reason everyone's so scared right now is because we're being reminded by how vulnerable we are."
"Trying to relate not being vegan to Adolf Hitler is the most Preposterous analogy I've ever seen in my entire life."
"Analogies are essential for making clear points; some people can't understand hypotheticals."
"Plugins are hugely important, just like installing an app on your phone."
"Think about security software like condoms: one is good, more than one is just a bad thing."
"When you see a bear, you don't trip out and say, treat the bear like a frog. You are aware of their nature."
"So, to think that now that's it, it's just, it's like, uh, there's so many analogies you can use for it and, you know, of course it's only the inappropriate ones that come to mind."
"It's like being stuck with an outdated cable tv plan and not even knowing about Netflix."
"Without concepts, there can be no thought, and without analogies, there can be no concepts."
"All of our concepts are formed and applied through analogies."
"Analogies help us understand and predict the world around us."
"Without concepts there can be no thought... without analogies there can be no concepts."
"That's why I say this is like having a relationship with somebody."
"Using the internet without expressvpn is like walking your dog in public without securing them on a leash."
"That's one of the fun things about being a physicist is you can think about analogies to stop your learning in physics and math geometry Etc."
"It's almost like the brakes, like when you're driving a car essentially."
"You can't be half communist just like you can't be half pregnant."
"Why don't we translate that into the gun laws?"
"A lock that opens any key is a shitty lock. We're not the same."
"The analogy that I'm trying to make is that random is like that sometimes. The game says I want to be Samson and then you end up being Samson."
"Experience and skill trumps everything else... but to use the analogy of cars..."
"Look, I'm not a parent, but you know what they say, you don't have to be a pilot to see a plane crash. I mean, come on, this is just brutal."
"Using the internet without ExpressVPN is like driving without car insurance."
"Can you release products without testing software? Yes, you can. Can you drive without rules? Yes. What happens? Accidents happen."
"Reactive like a bunny rabbit, or active like a killer whale."
"We use analogies to explain facts; we don't use them to establish truth."
"Sports analogies make it easier to understand."
"What if we treated racism in the way we treat cancer?"
"People get so frustrated by analogies and it drives me crazy."
"You don't go to the bread store and then give them your money."
"Guns don't kill people. Forks don't make you fat. It's what's on the inside of you, it's the way you choose to act that's the problem."
"A man being rich is like a girl being pretty. You might not marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness doesn't it help?"
"Don't compare this to Green Bay; it is apples to oranges."
"It's like asking a kid, 'Do you want to eat broccoli or do you want to have a Snickers?'"
"People who have kids, when you don't have kids, you guys are like realtors before the person signs on the dotted line."
"Strings are like tires on your car—where do you want to change tires depending on what you're doing, right?"
"A good teacher will often break things down into simple terms and use analogies."
"Dating without the intent of marriage is like shopping with no money. You either leave frustrated or taking something that doesn't belong to you."
"If my first book was Star Wars, this one would be The Empire Strikes Back."
"It's like playing with your own balls."
"Zombies used to represent all sorts of things... but all of those analogies are dead."
"I think that the way you drive your car, play poker, and romance a woman are all the same in life."
"I'm a big analogy guy because I have no faith in the audience getting what I'm saying."
"It's called analogies; it helps you understand because you're not communicating correctly."
"Word embeddings... let your algorithms automatically understand analogies like that man is to woman as king is to queen."
"Problems are the definition of business just like pitches are the definition of baseball, waves are the definition of surfing."
"He was known to be a very good teacher who related music to other subjects through clever and illuminating analogies."
"Analogies aren't arguments or evidence, they're certainly helpful in understanding."
"Use a lot of analogies. Analogies are really cool."
"Reporters love analogies; they will quote you using analogies."
"If you don't use an analogy, I don't understand you."
"Good science teachers have got analogies and metaphors and ways of explaining stuff that on the surface is really hard to understand."