James Geary Quotes

James Geary — American Writer

James Geary is an American-born writer, former Europe editor of Time and deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. In this role he is also editor of Nieman Reports, oversees other Nieman print and online publications and manages a range of duties related to the Nieman Fellowship program and the foundation's journalism outreach efforts... (wikipedia)

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.

James Geary Quotes

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