“I write every book as if I'm dying with no promise of next month, done.” — Tyronne Jacques Copy Share Image
The Book of the science of Mechanics must precede the Book of useful inventions. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“A successful book isn’t always good and a good book isn’t always successful” — Shane Porteous Copy Share Image
When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free. — Mohammad Hatta Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead. — George Brandis Copy Share Image
The Marvel universe is a deep, weird, woolly place, and getting to expose strange corners of it is part of the fun… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Do you have any old copies of Dickens? Bookseller: We've got a copy of David Copperfield from 1850 for $150. Customer: Why… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
“What kind of girl reads Wealth of Nations for fun?” She closed the book and looked at the front jacket, then at… — Jill Barnett Copy Share Image
In our house we repeated the pattern of thousands of other homes. There were a few books and a lot of music.… — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
Books gave us a way to shape ourselves - to form our thoughts and to signal to each other who we were… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
But why doesn't the Gospel ever say that Christ laughed?" I asked, for no good reason. "Is Jorge right?" "Legions of scholars… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to approach prayer without a guide, and proudly thinks that he can learn from books, and won't go to an… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Our Cosmic Habitat is certain to be widely quoted and widely read. It is beautifully written, using inspiring and stimulating analogies. While… — John N. Bahcall Copy Share Image
I often envy a filmmaker or a playwright or an author where people are like, "Yeah, I sat down every night and… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I talk to people who go to rehab, and they get this AA book that they've got to read everyday - really… — Reginald Arvizu Copy Share Image
I'm sure the government of Qatar is not coming in to grow food for the people of Kenya; it's coming to grow… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate… And I'd like… — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
