Warren G. Bennis Quotes About Metaphor

Quotes about: Metaphor

• The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as "a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures." A crucible was the vessel in which medieval alchemists attempted to turn base metals into gold. That the alchemists inevitably failed in their audacious attempts doesn't denigrate the power of the crucible as a metaphor for the circumstances that cause an individual to be utterly transformed.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Powerful, Political, Crucible

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Neotony is a metaphor for the quality of life - the gift - that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on all the marvelous undiscovered things to come.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Age, Quality, Metaphor

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• If I were to give off-the-cuff advice to anyone trying to institute change, I would say, "How clear is the metaphor?"

  Warren G. Bennis

  Change, Giving, Advice

  "Leadership: Sad Facts and Silver Linings" by Thomas J. Peters, hbr.org. December 2001.

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