Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Topics: Age Quotes

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...

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...

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,...

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 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,...

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

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 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 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 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.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and...

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and...

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing,...

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing,...

My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.

My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.