John Pollack Quotes

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The most seductive analogies are not always true and, like a baited hook, swallowing them can be costly.

John Pollack

While they often operate unnoticed, analogies aren't accidents, they're arguments—arguments that, like icebergs, conceal most of their mass and power beneath the surface. In many arguments, whoever has the Best analogy wins.

John Pollack

Punsters throughout history have served as some of the most adventurous scouts on the frontiers of language.

John Pollack