Fahrenheit 451 Simile Quotes & Sayings

As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals. — Charles Duhigg

A votary of ahimsa always prays for ultimate deliverance from the bondage of the flesh. — Mahatma Gandhi

Maybe he had fallen asleep out in the snows and dreamed himself a safe, warm place. — George R R Martin

Simplicity itself. Skin, debone, demarrow, scarify, melt, render down and destroy. Every adjective that counted, every verb that moved, every metaphor that weighed more than a mosquito
out! Every simile that would have made sub-moron's mouth twitch
gone! Any aside that explained the two-bit philosophy of a first-rate writer
lost!
Every story slenderized, starved, bluepenciled, leeched and bled white, resembled every other story. Twain read like Poe read Shakespeare read like Dostoevsky read like
in the finale
Edgar Guest. Every word of more than three syllables had been razored. Every image that demanded so much as one instant's attention
shot dead. — Ray Bradbury

What's the weirdest thing you've pierced?"
"Earlobes," he plainly stated.
"Earlobes?"
"Yeah," he said. "Once you've held a couple dozen penises in your hand, earlobes are just weird. — Sean Aiken

It's widely assumed that you can't compete with free, and that seems like a reasonable thing to think. But this has not been my experience. — John Perry Barlow

If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees. — Richard Strauss

I try to keep my religion and politics separate. But I do prefer my stunts on Sundays. "I know you have a lot to worry about during the week, Jesus, but can you just watch over me, keep me alive, that day?" — Steve Trotter

Wagner took off a glove, "How dare you," he exclaimed while slapping in Nietzsche in the ear.

This sent Nietzsche's hypothalamus into overdrive. His frontal lobe shut down; he stopped thinking. Without delay, his arms shot forward, jabbing Wagner in the face twice.

"Oh yeah!?" Wagner screeched, losing his composure. He pushed Nietzsche into the opening that was cleared for the stilts walker. Unskilled in boxing, Wagner flailed his arms around Nietzsche's face. — Dylan Callens

Silicon Bayou - aka Lafayette, LA - is the best kept secret reservoir of innovation mojo in America — Todd Park

The sun glowed over them, throwing a miniature shadow on the road. Warm air was accompanying the heating of the day and the
fluttering of leaves made multiple shadows dancing on the footpath. They could imagine fairies in the sky, dancing with the air, throwing their shadows near their plastic home. — Debalina Haldar