Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
I've read over 4,000 books in the last 20+ years. I don't know anybody who's read more books than I have. I… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
[General James Mattis] a very talented individual. He's - has a personal library of about 10,000 books and he's read most of… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
If you look on Amazon - if you do a search for personal finance, there are literally 20,000 books written on personal… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
There are 10,000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
“In the wake of the British army’s burning of the roughly 3,000 books belonging to Congress at Washington, Jefferson offered to sell… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Samuel Beckett is the person that I read the most of - certainly the person whose books I own the most of.… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everything there… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I attempt to read one book every day. I don't always achieve that, especially when I'm traveling. But when I'm home, I… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“Every year, more than 120,000 new books are published in Britain, creating millions of volumes that will never be opened, let alone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who re-read and those who don’t. No, don’t be silly, there are… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image