Book Quotes · Page 283

BIBLIOBLISS. Transported into states of transcendent pleasure while immersed in reading a favorite book.

— Rob Brezsny

If I open a Batman book, and he doesn't look right, I can't do it. It has so much to do with…

— Pete Holmes

“Have you never picked up a book you've read before, and found it speaks to you in a new way?”

— Django Wexler

You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.

— John Waters

There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars.

— Eleanor Porter

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

— G. M. Trevelyan

As far as I'm concerned, the book's never closed with Sabbath!

— Bill Ward

“You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.”

— Jay Kristoff

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah - a book which is more sahih than the…

— Al-Shafi‘i

Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there -…

— Joaquin Miller

“This book is like a supreme car which can drive the world to a new horizon. N.DAS Humans declared themselves masters of…

— Antonio Negri

Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinking and estranged from his…

— Maureen Corrigan

The nurturing flow of life, extreme intelligence, beauty, and perfect harmony are active in every one of us. Yoga was developed in…

— Mark Whitwell

I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material…

— Max Lucado

Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a…

— Milan Kundera

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really…

— Kevin J. Anderson

I went to the librarian and asked for a book about stars… And the answer was stunning. It was that the Sun…

— Carl Sagan

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them…I know they are as lively and as…

— John Milton

I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I…

— Edgar Saltus

The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It didn't really hit me how…

— Jim Lee

Works of art are not so much finished as abandoned. Perhaps poems can be perfect. A short-short story might even be perfectible,…

— Bruce Holland Rogers

To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before…

— Virginia Henley

Being a best-selling author just means the world for me. Some of my happiest memories, growing up, are being at book stores…

— Chris Colfer

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

— Frank Miller

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

— Patricia A. McKillip

I do like Philip Pullman.And that's an exception because Philip Pullman's books allow magic.

— Richard Dawkins

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

— Frances Harper

“The diarist [Anthony Powell] has never adhered to the tedious practice of reading only one book at a time”

— Lady Violet Powell

Even the worst book can give us something to think about.

— Wislawa Szymborska

I manage to read about one book a month, all fantasy these days.

— Mark Lawrence

I swear I could write a book about all the things no one has ever thanked me for.

— Rebecca Wells

Any man who reaches for a book when he thinks about you is a man that you should think about.

— Mohammed Hanif

“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader.”

— Paulo Coelho

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.

— Anonymous

I would not dare so dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book.

— Thomas Paine

Books are nothing but repositories for those lies the author wants his reader to believe.

— Glen Cook

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

— Anonymous

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

— Samuel Johnson

“Books are road map to your destination called success. Refer to good ones.”

— Vikrmn