Book Quotes · Page 205

For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.

— Francis Bacon

“but God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”

— Mackenzi Lee

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

— Fay Weldon

My brother had boxes of comic books. He was really the collector.

— Michael Shanks

I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, for a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.

— Andrew Lang

I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits are stored.

— Ray Bradbury

“WHEN YOU'RE READING YOU SHOULD PRETEND YOU'RE REALLY THERE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THE BOOK MOR INTERESTING!”

— Mary Downing Hahn

Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader.

— Tyler Cowen

I read books all the time, I'm always reading. I'm not like somebody that reads really fast or a lot or anything,…

— Christopher Owens

Those moments when you feel you want to read something truly beautiful. The eyes make a tour of the library, and there…

— Jules Renard

I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for…

— Mary Russell Mitford

The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the…

— Walter Kaufmann

I've written a book that hopefully will give people a sense of what [presidency] was like. I hope my friends read it…

— George W. Bush

It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be…

— John Waters

I've been surprised that 'Elizabeth is Missing' has been so well received as a crime book. I love mystery stories, and that…

— Emma Healey

Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

— Ellen Hopkins

One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and…

— Amy Ryan

“This book is a labor of love. It is dedicated to people who have cried themselves to sleep because they were 'different'.…

— Jodee Blanco

I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to…

— Pat Murphy

Youve got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even…

— Samantha Morton

[as for evolution]…cutting out the sections [on the subject] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to…

— George R. R. Martin

To make three films out of one shortish book, they have to turn it into an epic, just as 'Lord of the…

— John Lanchester

Books should confuse. Literature abhors the typical. Literature flows to the particular, the mundane, the greasiness of paper, the taste of warm…

— Richard Rodriguez

When Holly Madison, Hef's former chief girlfriend, came out with a tell-all book about life in the Mansion, the most bizarre revelation…

— Monica Hesse

I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.

— Paul Theroux

I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

— Vikram Seth

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

— Martin Luther

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess.

— Tom Waits

“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody.”

— Richard Peck

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

— Beatrix Potter

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.

— George Plimpton

Who said time machines haven't been built yet? They already exist. They're called books

— Robert Benchley

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score.

— Rocco DiSpirito

Even the most careful and expensive marketing plans cannot sell people a book they don't want to read.

— Michael Korda

“The world is a book, and he who does not travel reads only a page.”

— St Augustine

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

— Heinrich Heine

“Words are directed to your personalities namely; - God, your hearers, devil and yourself.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

A book of quotations is one which is filled with Gods wisdom for a happy life.

— Vikrant Parsai

“It's heartbreaking when you love a book that fails. And it always seems to happen to the nicest authors.”

— Emily Giffin