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

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 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.

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

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...

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...

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

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...

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there...

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there...

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

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.

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

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...

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...

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...

It came from nowhere, blazed up like a brush fire, pulled us together at the...

It came from nowhere, blazed up like a brush fire, pulled us together at the...

A people who's primary aims are driving, shopping, and television are subject to terrorism at...

A people who's primary aims are driving, shopping, and television are subject to terrorism at...