Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in…

“But that woman is an encyclopedia! Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through! ”

— Jean Lorrain

My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.

— Mike Myers

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Tony Cox, still a painter and not yet married to Yoko Ono, pioneered in the use of mescaline for draft-evasion. 400 milligrams taken before…

— Peter Stafford

The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius…

— Douglas Adams

Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of…

— Anonymous

If Christianity cannot present evidence that the soul is immortal, then they have nothing to offer the masses, eternity in heaven with God or…

— Vincent Bugliosi

The unknown was my compass. The unknown was my encyclopedia. The unnamed was my science and progress.

— Anais Nin

A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go if you…

— E. B. White

When I have my students do erasures, I'm always amazed by the way their voice comes through, whether they're doing an erasure of a…

— Matthea Harvey

When I was growing up, you couldn't even find 'martial arts' in the encyclopedia.

— Frank Dux

I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of…

— Lupe Fiasco

People ask me all the time what or who my influences are. To be honest, it would take a decent set of encyclopedias to…

— Corey Taylor

I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop…

— Mayer Hawthorne

There's no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly.

— LeBron James