Sentences with phrase «great metaphor»

Bridges make great metaphors for connection, as in «bridging our differences» and «building bridges.»

The Nash equilibrium, once it is explained, sounds obvious, but by formulating the problem of economic competition in the why that he did, Nash showed that a decentralized decision making process could, in fact, be coherent — giving economics an updated, far more sophisticated version of Adam Smith's great metaphor of the Invisible Hand.

«There are so many great metaphors there for court and advocacy.

«Being thrown off a horse and then getting back on — there's no greater metaphor for how to conquer life,» she says.

It's a great metaphor for entrepreneurship because to get to that next level in your business you've got to go against your inner core and fight through your emotions.

I've found pregnancy and giving birth to be my greatest metaphor, absolutely, too.

Great metaphor!

It's a great metaphor for dystopia, as well as for Shakespearian tragedy — or even perhaps for the time we live in now.

In particular, the experience of being pregnant and giving birth, while never easy, became the great metaphor for how I encountered God.

The bible, on the other hand, contains some great metaphors for discussion and I love listening to gospel music.

I saw him described as a tornado in the midfield this past weekend in some article somewhere and I think it's a great metaphor for his merciless work ethic and frenetic harrying of the opponent.

The Iceman wandering off into the desert afterwards wasn't only a great metaphor for his season so far, it also made for some amusing reactions on social media.

A few mornings ago, as we were lying in bed, thinking about getting up, and she said it again, I thought to myself what a great metaphor for motherhood this was.

It was a great metaphor for the times in which we are living, and a powerful lesson about the certain changes we must make to confront our rapidly changing future.

So I was surprised that Trump didn't credit the person behind this great metaphor.

A great metaphor is an iceberg, which shows only a tiny portion of itself above the water, its massive heft concealed under the surface.

It's such a great metaphor for life: Some days you're going to score, and some days you're going to fall flat on your face no matter how hard you try.

I bring up surfing because I think it's a great metaphor for the progression to living a healthier life.

You asking me to «step into the clothing rack» was a great metaphor for putting my own concerns about my «look,» aside.

He wants us to appreciate the differences, which I think is a great metaphor for life in general.

Bradley Cooper is surprisingly engaging as a guy who talks a mile a minute on a wonder drug, and the whole thing becomes a great metaphor for Wall Street's «smartest guy in the room» culture.

«[Matt] really wanted to put the audience into the head of being a chimpanzee because that's what these movies are about, they are a great metaphor for being able to see ourselves,» Andy told ABC7.

Michael Douglas presented The Social Network with the Golden Globe for Best Picture of the Year - Drama and producer Scott Rudin accepted the award, saying: «Thanks (to) everybody at Facebook, especially to Mark Zuckerberg for providing us a great metaphor about how we relate to each other, today, in our lives.»

As perverse as any Hitchcock film and one of the greatest metaphors for cinema ever filmed.

For me, the greatest metaphor for the plight of women film artists is Aisling Walsh's Maudie, an intense wee biopic about the outsider artist Maud Lewis with an Oscar - ripe performance from the great empath Sally Hawkins.

This film is in some ways less epic and more ambitious, truly delving into character and using the greater metaphor of wanton destruction in very pleasing way.

The greatest metaphor for this flick is its central image of a ticking time bomb stuffed inside a roast turkey.

That wall is a great metaphor for the differences in how we perceive problems.

So I thought that blocked highway with people sitting in cars on a highway (because that was what they were supposed to do) was a great metaphor for traditional publishing.

And I thought me zipping around them in my little van, getting things done, was a great metaphor for indie publishing.

«Emperor's New Clothes» is a great metaphor.

Chewing the elephant, what a great metaphor.

All of this comes together as a great metaphor for local artists Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang in their exhibit The Ghost Below, which opened recently at The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands.

And at 15, there was no greater metaphor for what I was feeling than a slow, terrifying journey across the ocean.

At 15, there was no greater metaphor for what I was feeling than a slow, terrifying journey across the ocean.

Great metaphors, Cory!

We both believe that in terms of creating both wealth and public good, Entrepreneurship is the great metaphor that will govern the Twenty First Century.

His comparison of two musical sounds heard simultaneously creating a third is a great metaphor of how a painting builds.

He believes that in order for any photographic technique to work, it should be personalized and transfigured into a greater metaphor, engaging processes that take place in the natural world.

In this regard the recently «discovered» quasicrystal is a great metaphor.

The painter Gretna Campbell spoke of space as the great metaphor in painting and ideas about space are central in Frank Stella's Norton Lectures.

It's a completely insane subject to imagine painting and at the same time such a great metaphor.

This perpetual dance between these two iconic symbols of construction and progress will serve as a greater metaphor about cooperation.

If abstract painting, to quote Matthew Collings on Mali Morris, is about «constantly coming up with visual metaphors for experience», and the artist's job is to produce this metaphor - world «in the form of visual pleasure, or beauty», that's a great metaphor for what Mali Morris does.

Really, you must read the full article, because he has some great metaphors and context, but for the basic explanation of why people are willing to go to jail for this cause, here are those figures and takeaways from his piece:

An egg is distinct from a chicken its not an outlier from a chicken... although actually... maybe that's not a great metaphor?

«Blowing off steam» is a great metaphor, and it's important to have the opportunity to do so, whether it's formalized, as at our firm, or simply with drinks with friends, exercise, prayer, long walks on the beach, or whatever works for you.

A terrific piece with a great metaphor.