Book Quotes · Page 244

“A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.

— John Lancaster Spalding

I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.

— George Payne Rainsford James

As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.

— A. Edward Newton

There are books that inspired me the first time round and re-reading them just reignites that.

— Edith Bowman

She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

— Charles Frazier

Women can spin very well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery.

— Samuel Johnson

In Celan's words a Jew is "a man with a little book under the shoulder." We are the keepers of tradition.

— Zygmunt Bauman

As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which…

— Abraham Lincoln

Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out…

— Larry McMurtry

At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line…

— John Piper

When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after the first light as possible.…

— Ernest Hemingway

I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since…

— Barry Corbin

I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in…

— Erin Cummings

I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and…

— Alberto Manguel

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day.…

— Gary Ross

My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm…

— Rachel Nichols

“though books, as Milton says, may be the embalming of mighty spirits, they are also the resurrection of rebellious, reactionary, fantastical, and…

— John Cowper Powys

God gave me this great book to preach from, and if He has put anything in it you think is not fit,…

— Charles Spurgeon

Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm…

— Mel Brooks

Every book should begin with attractive endpapers. Preferably in a dark colour: dark red or dark blue, depending on the binding. When…

— Cornelia Funke

Every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that…

— John Gould

I also encourage my students to read literary criticism that is deeply personal yet formally inventive and intellectually expansive... books that offer…

— Rob Nixon

“On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked…

— Sara Sheridan

My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.

— James MacArthur

A lot of books in the self-help section of your bookstore really belong in the fiction section.

— Steve Maraboli

Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold and keep.

— Eugene Field

I think [Albert] Camus felt very solitary. You can see it in all his books.

— Catherine Camus

Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.

— Nick Hornby

If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood.

— Lee Mack

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.

— Ramon Rodriguez

“You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside of them," said Meggie...”

— Cornelia Funke

I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.

— Bobby Fischer

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.

— Terry Riley

I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.

— Vikram Seth

I always try to mix it up with each book - changing tone, changing style keeps the work very vital for me.

— Colson Whitehead

“A great book is one, which really don’t finish when it finishes.”

— Aman Jassal