“It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.” SeemsOdysseyIliad Author:Raymond Queneau
“The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.” WellsStoriesSidesHistoricalDetachedOdyssey Author:Raymond Queneau
“The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality.” StoriesCoursesPersonalityAcquireDiverseOdyssey Author:Raymond Queneau
“There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.” Has BeensWarMomentsRunningAbleCoursesIndividualRevolutionRare Moments Author:Raymond Queneau
“To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.” KnowsCharacterStoriesPartyHeroThirdsRefinementThird Parties Author:Raymond Queneau
“Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.” EndsOdysseyUlysses Author:Raymond Queneau
“My guiltiest pleasure? 'Untamed & Uncut'. Videos of people being attacked by animals. Yeah. I don't know why. I just love seeing guys who say, 'I'm gonna stick my hand in that crocodile's mouth and see what happens.' And then it snaps down on them. There you go - that's what you get! It's a wild animal, my friend.” PeopleKnowsHandsHappensGuyPleasureAnimalSeeingMouthsMy FriendsYeahSticksVideoSnapsWild AnimalCrocodilesUntamed Author:Nathan Fillion
“We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.” CharacterEventsAspectHistoricalHistorical Events Author:Raymond Queneau
“To take part in the African revolution, it is not enough to write a revolutionary song. You must fashion the revolution with the people. And if you fashion it with the people, the songs will come by themselves.” PeopleIfsWritingEnoughSongFashionRevolutionRevolutionary Author:Ahmed Sekou Toure