Book Quotes · Page 181

'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte has been my all-time favorite book since I was in middle school.

— Rebecca Serle

'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.

— Gerald Durrell

To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living

— Anonymous

With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.

— Nicholas A. Basbanes

“A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words - A Book Paints a Thousand Pictures.”

— Philos Sopher

I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.

— Andy Cohen

I wrote my first history book when I was four. I still have it so I can prove it.

— Bettany Hughes

You live a thousand lives when you read a thousand books.

— Stephenie Meyer

Seek the Path, do not seek attainment, Seek for the Path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth from others,…

— P.D. Ouspensky

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw…

— Rachel Gibson

Everyday I'm writing a new quote.. but now I'm writing a book everyday.. a book of magic and spells to solve every…

— Avi ItaLlica

For anyone addicted to reading commonplace books . . . finding a good new one is much like enduring a familiar recurrence…

— M. F. K. Fisher

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the…

— Khaled Hosseini

I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as…

— Gary Barlow

As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real world seem…

— Erica Jong

Winston Churchill said 'In war time, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies'. Any…

— Anonymous

You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can…

— Italo Calvino

Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the…

— Sven Birkerts

In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my…

— Ray Bradbury

There are some readers who have never read an essay on taste; and if they take my advice they never will, for…

— Robert Southey

I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply…

— Michael Connelly

But when you read a book, what you see are black squiggles on pulped wood or, increasingly, dark pixels on a pale…

— Mohsin Hamid

“i love good cries, loud sobs that soak your pillow that kind that come at the end of a perfect book you're…

— Madisen Kuhn

I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again -- there are too many new ones coming out…

— Anonymous

I'm passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.

— Beth Ditto

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on.

— William Shakespeare

“Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.”

— Natasha Bedignfield

“When you write a book, you have total control of the universe and everyone in it.”

— Greg Iles

“All that counts is that a child says at the end of the book, ‘Again!”

— Anonymous

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

— Stephen King

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

— Anonymous

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

— Umberto Eco

A Fiddle for Angus is a charming tale. This is a very fine book.

— Alistair MacLeod

I am very privileged and honored when someone chooses to read a book, especially a book of mine.

— Lurlene McDaniel

The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.

— Anonymous

I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books.

— Paul Auster

A lot of my books have started with an abstract premise.

— Colson Whitehead

I've signed peoples' parole cards at book signings and it's very touching.

— John Waters

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.

— Michael Caine