“As long as a reader hasn't willingly put down his book, he is a potentially dangerous individual.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No gentleman can be without three copies of a book: one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers. — Richard Heber Copy Share Image
I still do some inking here and there and I've actually got a book that I'm going to ink entirely. — Todd McFarlane Copy Share Image
Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false? — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands. ” — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I've always loved to read, but sometimes I go for a year without reading a book, because I forget to. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after the first light as possible.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line… — John Piper Copy Share Image
As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Brian Turner has given us not so much a memoir as a mediation, rendered with grace and wit and wisdom. If you… — Larry Heinemann Copy Share Image
A lot of the time with jobs that I've booked, immediately I'll read the breakdown, or I'll read the script, and I'm… — India Eisley Copy Share Image
Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience. — Thomas Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?” said Mr. Brownlow, observing the curiosity with which Oliver surveyed the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There's this long tradition of... even 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which many people consider the best kids' picture book of all… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
While much of modern behavioral and social science treats individuals as autonomous agents, it is absolutely clear that the way we think… — Richard R. Nelson Copy Share Image
We're not ignored by The Guinness Book Of Records, but we've been largely ignored by the media during our lifetime. If you… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
The book of Genesis tells us that God created man and woman entrusting them with the task of filling the earth and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all,… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Above The Thunder is passionate, wise, and piercingly beautiful. Readers drawn to books with rich, memorable characters and contemporary stories will find… — Tony Ardizzone Copy Share Image
Doing a book signing tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. Bring your own book...I haven't written one yet. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term. — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
We had so much fun together as friends that I suggested we [with Kate DiCamillo] write a book together. — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
If you read the book, you're not a journalist. You're some impostor! No journalist actually does any work. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
Im working on a pop-up book called, That Explains the Birds and the Bees. — Rudy Espinoza Copy Share Image
I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one. — Gloria Stuart Copy Share Image
My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“Actually, it is amazing how much can be learned about people from the books they own.” — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I think I get from my books what other people get from family or a relationship or from prayer. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image