72 Metaphor Quotes from Movies with Sound Clips - page 6

Last updated on: September 4, 2025

A selection of metaphor quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

51 She started out as such an ugly duckling, and somehow suddenly became a swan.

Prince Derek in The Swan Princess

52 Step number two: I will build an organization so sinister, so, so powerful that by comparison, the Cosa Nostra will seem like the Vienna Boys' Choir.

Herbert Lom as Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

53 You're fighting a swamp with a teaspoon.

Quote from The Big Combo (1955)

54 He has come for me. The silent boatman to ferry me across the shadowed river.

Alec Guinness as Marcus Aurelius in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

55 The past is always full of shadows. Don't ever forget that.

Quote from Duel of the Titans (1961)

56 It's the nearest thing to heaven we have in New York.

Irene Dunne as Terry McKay in Love Affair (1939)

57 Do you see that bluebird? -Yes, I do. -Well, faith is a bluebird you see from afar. It's for real and as sure as the first evening star. You can't touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight, but it's there just the same, making things turn out right.

Quote from The Rescuers (1977)

58 Always keep a little prayer in your pocket and you're sure to see the light.

Quote from The Rescuers (1977)

59 Have you looked outside? It's suicide out there.

John Candy as Wilbur The Albatross in The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

60 What are these doors? -Those doors, sir, are the problem.

Quote from The Hunt for Red October