[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
“looked over at John. He had pulled a dozen books off the shelf and looked to be trying to read them all… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
My agent, Jeff Andrews, suggested I write a book. For some reason. he doesn't like it when I'm not doing anything. — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
As much as I love books and the theater, I think the cinema is a uniquely modern medium that we look to… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music. — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
“The Word of God is truly divine. Every book, every chapter, every verse, and every line is a sign of God’s love… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
“Be very careful. We suggest getting a book on HTML to avoid becoming a real legend in the hacker world. Putting up… — Emmanuel Goldstein Copy Share Image
“Think of me, the uneducated child reading books in my room at 22 Hyde Park Gate -- now advanced to this glory...… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“I believe strongly that my books are entertainment. I hope you might learn a thing or two while reading them, but first… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
“Her sister read that spiders have book lungs, which fold in and out over themselves like pages. This pleased Isabel immensely. When… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“But life- I'd come to find out- was pretty damn large. It coiled and wove and spun its own story, threading together… — Megan Squires Copy Share Image
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book.… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“Most people weren’t aware that books chose us, at the time when we needed them most.” — Rebecca Raisin Copy Share Image
Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
You want a novel to tap as directly as possible into your most unspeakable preoccupations. And in America, in particular, cricket is… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“No better way to avoid making a decision than burying yourself in a big fat book.” (p. 105).” — Elizabeth Bard Copy Share Image
As alleged, the most senior executives at Brixmor engaged in a years-long scheme to cook the books and deceive the investing public. — Audrey Strauss Copy Share Image
If you preachers would start winning souls everywhere you go, you wouldn't have to get a book of illustrations to preach from… — Jack Hyles Copy Share Image
I think it is a quest of literature throughout the ages to describe the human condition. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience? — Julia Sweeney Copy Share Image
After many years of studying my Geography book I finally know by heart that Australia is on page 23. — Eliza Brittany Lawn Copy Share Image
“...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“I’ve always thought that books have some kind of healing power and that they can, if nothing else, provide a distraction.” — Katarina Bivald Copy Share Image
It is language which speaks in literature, in all its swarming 'polysemic' plurality, not the author himself. — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
It's funny: when I go to a school and speak, and when they hear the back story about me, they want to… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
I had never believed in the sacred nature of literature. God had died when I was fourteen. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Account books form a narrative as engaging as any tale of sea monsters or cannibals.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image