Allusion Quotes

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day. - Caleb Cushing

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones. - Oliver Goldsmith

It's very symbolic, with allusions to A Midsummer Night's Dream. - Elisha Parry

In the first place, the logic that says "those who play games are kids" is itself an allusion, therefore one might say that shoehorning reality into your stubborn dualism is already a criticism of the self. In short, humans can only recognize reality through the filter called "me" and so they are unable to escape the constraints of their uncanny existence. - Katsuragi Keima

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. - Cliff Fadiman

I think the mind-altering effect and the fermentation process made it seem otherworldly. The red color also could represent fertility and fecundity of nature. In early religious texts, there's a lot of allusion to a well-tended vineyard. - Patrick McGovern

I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that record. - Matthew Sweet

Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an allusion of philosophers and fools. - William Faulkner