Phoenix Prize

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix and/or prize:

“A victorious tomcat is like a tiger; a plucked phoenix is not worth a chicken.”
—Chinese proverb.

“To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man ... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)