Book Quotes · Page 158

I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“The only bad book was a book that didn't have any pages in it.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

Half my life is in book's written pages. Live and learn from fools and from sages.

— Steven Tyler

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

— J. Oswald Sanders

No one ever addresses the possibility that a writer might not like her book.

— Emily Gould

I imagine that no art has ever been learned from books. fly-fishing is no exception.

— G. E. M. Skues

Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

— Roald Dahl

“A book is a small library you can fit into your pocket.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because…

— Pamela Ribon

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and…

— Charlotte Mason

...thinking as he had thought before and would think again and as every other man has thought: how false the most profound…

— William Faulkner

Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content.

— Lauren Conrad

I think most albums deserve a documentary because [an album] is a visual book. You don't have to read up on it…

— Nas

I will always find something that I want to try and become better at. I always love to spend more time with…

— Connie Nielsen

I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no…

— Lewis Grizzard

The sincere love of books has nothing to do with cleverness or stupidity any more than any other sincere love. It is…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they…

— Sara Zarr

“A story carries the inspiration that speaks louder than a thousand words. The imagination that paints richer than a thousand brushes. The…

— Alex Li

I won't read a new graphic comic novel until the writer has completed the entire series. I got burned a few times…

— Nick Offerman

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump…

— Florence King

The revolution of ideas that will save us is a revolution of goodwill, of compassion, and of higher thinking. I believe that…

— Marianne Williamson

It is now the fall of my second year in Paris. I was sent here for a reason I have not yet…

— Henry Miller

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting…

— Terry Pratchett

I like writing my own stuff. If a book came along I would maybe do that.

— Jody Hill

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

There's books that are about places we will never go, and then there's books that inspire us to go.

— Paul Theroux

“Two Chapters of "The Complete "Kids Want To Know" 5 Book Boxed Set”

— J.W. Patterson

My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.

— Sakyong Mipham

I never got a pass mark in math ... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books.

— M. C. Escher

“Expand your mind. Read something every day whether it’s a book or an article.”

— Alison G. Bailey

I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.

— Ai Weiwei

Hope lies in what the book title says, finding love and community.

— Hazel Rochman

“If you don't read my book, I'm not coming to your birthday party.”

— Tim Yeager

It's best to be happy do your favorite thing to do like,reading a book

— Maria Angelica Zabala

What a writer's obituary should read - he wrote the books, then he died.

— William Faulkner

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.

— Berkeley Breathed

As opposed to being on the Internet, there's something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors.

— Hans Zimmer

You can get away with stuff in a one-page story that you can't get away with in a book.

— Joel Stein