James Geary Quotes

• You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.

  James Geary

  Wall, Spine

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• A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

  James Geary

  Smile, Metaphor, Simile

  James Geary (2011). “I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves and others, how we communicate and learn, discover and invent.

  James Geary

  Thinking, Secret, Essentials

  "Metaphorically speaking". TEDGlobal Talk, www.ted.com. July 2009.

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• The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.

  James Geary

  Mind, Information, Gaps

  James Geary (2011). “The World in a Phrase”, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery.

  James Geary

  Thinking, Discovery, Together

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• Londres siempre me recuerda a un cerebro. Es igual de enrevesada y tortuosa. Muchas ciudades, sobre todo las americanas como New York y Chicago, están trazadas en línea recta. Como los circuitos de los chips de ordenador, hay muchos ángulos rectos en este tipo de ciudades. Pero Londres es un glorioso caos. Evolucionó a partir de una veintena de pueblos distintos, que se fusionaron y entrelazaron a medida que sus límites se ampliaban. Como resultado, Londres es un laberinto, lleno de vueltas y revueltas, como un cerebro.

  James Geary

  New York, Cities, Brain

  "On London". jamesgeary.com. July 16, 2006.

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• El heroísmo suele surgir como respuesta a acontecimientos extremos.

  James Geary

  Heroism, Events, Results

  "Tube driver, footballer, rock star, terror victim: they're all Euro heroes" by Mark Townsend, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2005.

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• Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.

  James Geary

  Light, Hands, Brain

  James Geary (2011). “The World in a Phrase”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Las metáforas se esconden a plena vista y su influencia es en gran medida inconsciente. Pero debemos prestar atención a nuestras metáforas, porque son las que nos hacen pensar.

  James Geary

  Sight, Mind, Influence

  "Metaphors in Mind". The Macmillan Dictionary blog, www.macmillandictionaryblog.com. April 11, 2011.

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• Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.

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  Pensamiento, Mundo, Camino

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• Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.

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  Advice, Given, Worthless

  "Aphorisms". James Geary's Personal Website, jamesgeary.com.

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• Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.

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  Opportunity, Doors, Needs

  James Geary (2008). “Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists”, p.2, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.

  James Geary

  Lying, Errors, Rooms

  "On Originality". Blog Post, jamesgeary.com. June 22, 2007.

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• I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.

  James Geary

  Believe, Firsts, Aphorism

  James Geary (2008). “Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists”, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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