People tend to judge a book by its cover. I love being unexpected and gaining respect for who I am and not… — Alexis Ren Copy Share Image
“I want to speak to you about the treasures hidden in books; and about the way we find them, and the way… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks I'm a smart arse who can solve any bloody problem. I'm not. I'm just a very old businessman and a… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
“When your only company are books and you know that you got the best company, your life becomes the infinite space between… — Luffina Lourduraj Copy Share Image
The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
As I point out in the very first pages of 'Into the Wild,' I approached this book not as a normal, you… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
“Eli: People had more than they needed. We had no idea what was precious and what wasn't. We threw away things people… — Book of Eli Movie Copy Share Image
My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I'm not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
It is quite reasonable to subscribe both to the old saw that no good girl was ever ruined by a book and… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In the stand-up comedy top, there's room for everyone - if you're good, there's room for everyone. You'll put on your own… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Those who have abandoned themselves to God always lead mysterious lives and receive from him exceptional and miraculous gifts by means of… — Jean-Pierre de Caussade Copy Share Image
If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't know myself, what to do, where to go... I lie in the crack of a book for my comfort... it's… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts… — David Grann Copy Share Image
I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write… — Bob Weir Copy Share Image
I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published… — Alejandro Amenabar Copy Share Image
When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
If you think success is about so many more things and is so much more arbitrary, then you can be much more… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
One thing that is sometimes forgotten in this "future of books" discussion is that there are all these awesome presses - big… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
“I know that when I read the Bible, my life is transformed. I think differently. I act differently. I talk differently.” — Jim George Copy Share Image
Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it,… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
I write a thousand words a day. Nothing will stop me, I mean nothing, until the book is finished. I'm disciplined in… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I have a huge music library and deliberately choose the piece of music to match the piece I'm writing. So, every book… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
Go through John's Gospel, and study the "believes," the "verilys," the " I ams; "and go through the Bible in that way,… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
'The Great Gatsby,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, remains the most perfect novel that has ever come out of the United States. Everything… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
“...this is exactly the kind of store that makes you want to buy a book about a teenage wizard. This is the… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Ranganathan's 5 Laws: Books are for use. Books are for all. Every book its reader, or every reader his book. Save the… — S. R. Ranganathan Copy Share Image
Art Objects is important not only as a plea to the public to read serious literature and to read it seriously, but… — Victoria Redel Copy Share Image
Nothing can compare to creating characters and worlds out of thin air with your friends and making a book exactly the way… — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image