"I believe he once compared me to a Denebian slime devil."

He once compared himself to "a sort of water beetle who skims very fast over the surface but doesn't go very deep."

Breton once compared the experience of Surrealist literature to "the point at which the waking state joins sleep."

He once compared his scientific enthusiasm with a stampeder's frenetic search for gold.

He once compared Fitzgerald to "a great sculptor who is hired to do a plumbing job."

Donald Rumsfeld, who once compared him to Hitler, has resigned.

Parreira once compared him to Diego Maradona, for having a similar style.

He once compared himself to a cork in a stream.

He once compared his shock at getting famous to waking up with an "ugly hooker."

I once compared the human race to a chick smashing out of its shell.