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.

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...

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

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

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

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...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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...

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.

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...

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

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