“Respect the past, and prepare for the future by taking action in the present.” — The Letters Of Gratitude Copy Share Image
What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things. — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe strongly in an author's moral responsibility. But his first obligation is to write good books. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
It is time to browse through the precious books that have meant the most to you that you may rediscover illuminating phrases… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
When I go into a bookstore I always look for books by John Fante. If they are out-of-stock on one of his… — John Fante Copy Share Image
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown.… — Paul von Hindenburg Copy Share Image
The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the… — Roberta Flack Copy Share Image
A friend is like a book that has to be read to appreciate its beauty. As such, you're one of the finest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
You know I used to be the back porch poet with my book of lines, always hoping knowing all the time, I'm… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
There is no publication in the scientific literature - in prestigious journals, specialty journals, or books - that describes how molecular evolution… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I think it is a problem of our society that we don't enjoy (ourselves.) We have these values, like, you have to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. I like science fiction where there's a scientific lesson, for example -… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Richard Dawkins says he can't be sure God doesn't exist. Well, you know what I do when I'm not sure about something?… — Frank J. Fleming Copy Share Image
Eventually we even got to the point where we could disagree with [Bernard Leach]. I mean, when we first went there, gee,… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I've found that in fiction - and this is just the kind of writer I am - I can't really work from… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“We are the people of the book. We love our books. We fill our houses with books. We treasure books we inherit… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“Books inspire us to dream, and then if we let them they will help us to achieve that dream!” — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The child lives in the book; but just as much the book lives in the child. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books. — Dan DeCarlo Copy Share Image
Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“My book isn't meant to be read all at once, but rather all in good time” — Justin Bienvenue Copy Share Image
“If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I grew up raiding my brother's comic book stash. I tried to lose myself in fiction. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“the end of the book isn’t the last page, it’s the last day you think about what you read” — Dave Campbell Copy Share Image
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“A book always tells more about the author than the protagonist himself.” — Sneha Mehta Copy Share Image
Hell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them. — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image