A book is judged, not by its reference to life, but by its…

A book may only be judged for what it is, not what you'd like it to be.

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, 'Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.'

— Maryrose Wood

“If every book was judged by its cover, very few would be read; education would be limited, and fewer movies would be made.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

Beauty is like a book, it cannot be judged by its cover!

— Anonymous

I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.

— Umberto Eco

As a book is judged by its cover, so a fad is judged by its name.

— Ken Hakuta

“How good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates.”

— Ernest Hemingway

All books are judged by their covers until they are read.

— Maryrose Wood

[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science.…

— Francis Collins

“On any given day, if I conduct a new search, I find additional posts referencing my name.”

— Ken Poirot

Drag went from being referential to being the reference, which is crazy.

— Bob the Drag Queen

“I consider myself a synthetic thinker in a virtual domain therefore if I’m way off there is no solid foundation or reference for authentic…

— Carl Henegan

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous.

— Antony Beevor

“There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.”

— Germany Kent

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.

— Martin Gore