Figuratively Quotes

Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course. - John Gielgud

Yes, I've been cussed at, fussed at and figuratively beaten around the ears, but after eight years in this job, after seeing America, I know two things... I have never believed so strongly in this nation's future, in the righteousness of its ways as I do and I have never believed so strongly that we must continue to fight so that the law issues from all of the people and not just some. - Janet Reno

When they talk about the Y camp being a family, well, for us that's true, both literally and figuratively. - Stephanie Adams

When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally. - John Cornyn

To mend some fences, both literally and figuratively. - Al Gore

They figuratively punched him around until he said something. - Bruce Cutler

These are trying times for Andrea - literally and figuratively. She's tense. She's terrified. - George Parnham

There can be no thought of finishing, for aiming at the stars, both literally and figuratively, is the work of generations, but no matter how much progress one makes there is always the thrill of just beginning. - Dr Robert H Goddard

The movie is about knowing that somebody has lost his soul out there, somebody has destroyed a part of himself. ... The minute he saw Perry Smith, the outcome was inevitable that two men would die -- one literally and the other figuratively. - Philip Seymour Hoffman

The details are still being worked out, but the planning is to hold down expenses without compromising the importance of the inaugural. We want to thank our supporters with a personal touch, and we'll do it by reaching out literally and figuratively to all of New Jersey to emphasize that we have to work together. - Rich McGrath