Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Topics: Authority Quotes, Inventions Quotes, Passion Quotes

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for...

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

Eating greens is a special treat, it makes long ears and great big feet. But...

Eating greens is a special treat, it makes long ears and great big feet. But...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

How do you like them? like a pear, a lemon, a la Montgolfier, half an...

How do you like them? like a pear, a lemon, a la Montgolfier, half an...