Homo sapiens is 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

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

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

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

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 third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

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.

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

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.

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

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

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.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

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...

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...