There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
“These are very subtle things, of course, and I don't expect everyone to pick them up consciously, but I think that there is something there that you must be able to feel, there is an energy at work that I must trust my audience will be able to pick up at some level.”
“You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it - there's no turning back.”