Book Quotes · Page 175

I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.

— James Patterson

About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort.

— Albert Einstein

The best kind of book," said Barnaby, "is a magic book." "Naturally," said John.

— Edward Eager

There's far more truth in the Book of Genesis than in the quantum theory.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

— Janice Dickinson

As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that.

— Donna Tartt

“Sometimes lost in a book, you forget which is the real world and which is fiction.”

— Gurnam Singh Sodhi

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

— Anthony Minghella

“If someone else has done it then I can do it too. If no one has then I can be the first.…

— Soraya

I don't know whether we Church members fully appreciate the Book of Mormon, one of our sacred scriptures, as we really should.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Oh, 'Pandaemonium', by Chris Brookmyre! Just fabulous - such a layered, beautifully structured, engaging, intelligent book. I love all Chris's stuff, but…

— Diana Gabaldon

If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that…

— Brandon Sanderson

Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“It is not only the content of a book that changes you but the shared community with those who have read it,…

— Ben Sasse

I've only written one science-fiction book: 'Fahrenheit 451.' That book is a book based on real facts and my hatred of people…

— Ray Bradbury

Even while writing his book, he had become painfully aware how little he knew his own planet while attempting to piece together…

— Vladimir Nabokov

First book was handwritten, then the printing press, now we've got our Kindles. To be able to push a button and a…

— Lore Segal

... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon…

— Gautama Buddha

The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts…

— Steve Gleason

“It’s a red letter day, too: the new set of science textbooks has finally arrived. This may not seem much to you…

— Frank Chalk

“The books we read help to shape who we are. Reading offers us, as children, our first independence- allowing us to travel…

— Ben Jacobs

Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit…

— George W. Bush

The Bible speaks of the sense of commission, which is doing what you should not do, instead of omission, which is not…

— Greg Laurie

As I view it, in every family a record should be kept...that record should be the first stone, if you choose, in…

— John Andreas Widtsoe

“I am the black in the book the letters on the pages that you memorize.”

— Owl City

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

— Malala Yousafzai

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

— Beverly Cleary

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.

— Evelyn Waugh

In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession.

— John Bright

The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.

— Anonymous

Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.

— Joe Queenan

When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.

— Gail Tsukiyama

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

— George Burns

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

— Rita Mae Brown

One little word thats all it took, to change my life to a different book

— Aly Johnson

“Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part.”

— Jay Taylor

Kids are not going to sit and read a slow-paced book. Neither are adults.

— Frank Peretti

There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.

— Anonymous

A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.

— Erica Jong

the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.

— Jeanette Winterson