Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

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Topic

Boxing

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

CBS

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Boxer Athlete

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Interviewed by Bob Halloran, CBS, c. 25 Feb. 1964.

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Another quote by Muhammad Ali

It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

Muhammad Ali

More information about this quote
Topic
Humility Greatness
Speaker
Muhammad Ali
Statement Type
Boast
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Quoted in The New York Times. 30 Nov. 1974.

Another quote from the 1960s

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic
Painting Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Topic
Absurdity of life The absurd Life as performance Ephemeral nature of life Life
Speaker
Macbeth

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Macbeth
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 5.