I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes by Mardy Grothe
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- Pub. Date: August 2008
- 336pp
- Sales Rank: 21,852
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- Pub. Date: August 2008
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Format: Hardcover, 336pp
- Sales Rank: 21,852
- ISBN-13: 9780061358135
- ISBN: 0061358134
Synopsis
The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.
Describing something by relating it to another thing is the essence of metaphorical thought. It is one of the oldest activities of humankind—and one of the most impressive when done skillfully. Throughout history, many masters of metaphor have crafted observations that are so spectacular they have taken up a permanent residence in our minds.
In I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like, quotation maven Dr. Mardy Grothe fixes his attention on the three superstars of figurative language—analogies, metaphors, and similes. The result is an extraordinary compilation of nearly 2,000 feats of association that will entertain, educate, and occasionally inspire quotation lovers everywhere.
In this intellectual smorgasbord, the author of Oxymoronica and Viva la Repartee explains figurative language in a refreshingly down-to-earth way before taking readers on a tour of history's greatest word pictures. In chapters on wit, love, sex, stage and screen, insults, politics, sports, and more, you will find quotations from Aristotle and Maya Angelou to George Washington and Oprah Winfrey.
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Dr. Mardy Grothe is a psychologist, management consultant, and public speaker. He is the author of four previous word-and-language books: I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like, Viva la Repartee, Oxymoronica, and Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.
A lifelong quotation collector, Dr. Mardy—as he is known to his fans around the globe—is routinely described as a "quotation maven" and is well on his way to becoming America's most popular quotation anthologist. He lives with his wife, Katherine Robinson, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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A Good Use of Limited Timeby CleanGene
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February 09, 2009: This book, like Dr. Grothe's other books, is probably best read in brief sittings. Just a sampling of a page or two will give you plenty to chuckle and think about. I would recommend this book to any person caring for witty observations & truisms.
I Also Recommend: Oxymoronica, Viva la Repartee.
A Fun, Pointed Readby HerdBeyond
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February 09, 2009:
The author's compilation of metaphors, analogies, and similies is an entertaining book, though pointedly (and often comically) editorialized. The author's choice of quotations, especially on the topic of marriage reveal either his sardonic -- or perhaps more likely -- his tongue-in-cheek framing of the sub-topics he covers.
Often, in place of judging the gravity of a particular analogy, simile, or metaphor, the author seemingly elevates the humorous.
Even though the selected rhetorical devices can sometimes seem one-sided when aggregated, and are by no means as comprehensive as the title claims, a reader will likely pick the book up, enjoy it briefly, and come back for more time and again.
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