Quotes of Joyce Carol Oates

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The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

- Joyce Carol Oates

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“ The pillow looked astonished, wondering what ended the late night river that used to run through it, but only he knows that she is the reason ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ If ur laptop doesnt smell like fire then ur losing. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Friendship not defined by words Friendship only defined by action ”

- Arshdeep Singh Samrala

“ If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”

- Confucius

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. ”

- Paul Hawken

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ”

- Plato

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind young. ”

- Mark Twain