In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
I am so glad I was writing while on my last book tour, which was really meta, but I think a fascinating… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
“So now books were her only friends. She'd read Lord of the Rings so often she could recite whole scenes by memory.… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
The Bible is not primarily a science book. It is not written to tell us how the heavens go; it is written… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
“Reading a book is like living a deep and fulfilling life. Watching a movie is like being a paralyzed person: watching others… — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Book tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most remarkable thing I found about the Bible was how flexible it is. Here we have a book written 3,000… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Readers will stand up and cheer for Karen Fox's Prince of Charming! Finally, a heroine who's a real woman. Finally, a hero… — Maggie Shayne Copy Share Image
I firstly don't think of myself as an activist, I never have. I always say that, I think this word "activist" is… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
For me, being a rap fan and the nostalgia of me being a kid, rappers and guys on the street told me… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass---a blend… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive.… — Hugh Leonard Copy Share Image
There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
“It is strange how ideas can float about and be ignored until they are put into a book. A book can be… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“Don't run around looking for someone who can sexually satisfy you, run around and look for the book which will intellectually satisfy… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
My inspiration is life. My family, my friends, travelling, books, music, love, food, fashion. What inspires you? — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
“lives. And some old witch in Bath had a book that you could never stop reading! You just had to wander around… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
My high school did not offer courses in philosophy, so the books that initially stimulated philosophical reflection in me were novels by… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
“I found Burns, absorbed, silent, abstracted from all around her by the companionship of a book, which she read by the dim… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time… — Maj Sjowall Copy Share Image
“Face-book has all the social graces of a nose-picking, hyperactive six-year-old, standing at the threshold of your attention and chanting, “I know… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
Skill sheets, workbooks, basal reader, flash cards are not enough. To convey meaning you need someone sharing the meaning and flavor of… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and… — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
Passionate and forcefully argued, Tar Sands is a wake-up call not just to Canadians but to the wider world to take a… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
