Good book Quotes · Page 16

“Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.”

— Karen Marie Moning

There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children.

— Anonymous

“...on those days when he could not spend half an hour in the company of a good book, he felt deprived.”

— Diane Setterfield

“... before parting that night we agreed that the objects of life were to produce good people and good books.”

— Virginia Woolf

Im tatted from my face to my foot so my body reads like a good book

— Nipsey Hussle

“There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house. ”

— Joe Ryan

I love to read, and TV seemed more like a good book, with these incredible series unfolding like chapters in a novel.

— Channing Dungey

The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.

— Ashley Montagu

I do think that books, good books, free you. They make you feel a citizen of the world and things like class,…

— Sue Townsend

“What are you, beyond the collection of the things you've done, said and thought? Happily, much comfort is to be found in…

— Belle Dejour

“Librarians are serious people, seldom given to jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous…

— Lynn Austin

Many readers share their stories with me and if one speaks to me (or if the same theme keeps coming at me),…

— Ellen Hopkins

I believe that the devil has destroyed many good books of the church, as, aforetime, he killed and crushed many holy persons,…

— Martin Luther

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays,…

— William Lyon Phelps

The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors…

— Rene Descartes

“The demand for good bookkeepers is at an all time high as more people make the leap into self-employment each year and…

— Sylvia Jaumann

“Merrill Krause - You mentioned God's will for me. How will I know what that is, Father? Bogart Krause - I've always…

— Tracie Peterson

My book review site and first blog, which I started in 2003. I started it because I was lamenting that while I…

— Debra Hamel

“After all, that constant pressure to be something amazing, to be the next big thing, will be lifted off your back. The…

— Mark Manson

“Badly drawn, badly written and badly printed - a strain on young eyes and young nervous systems - the effect of these…

— Sterling North

Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of…

— Susan Cain

“Well, Betsy," he said, "your mother tells me that you are going to use Uncle Keith's trunk for a desk. That's fine.…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a…

— Charles Dickens

Happiness, for me, has to be real - life that is made of real conversations, of spending quality time with close friends,…

— Bhumika Chawla

“To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. ~John Aikin”

— John Aikin

I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call

— Larry McMurtry

I don't discriminate against sushi. It's all good in my book.

— Billy Horschel

Good thought can be imbibed by reading and studying good books and by contemplating on them.

— Yajur Veda

The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book.

— Stephen Colbert

“Good friends, good books and ability to sleep peacefully is good life.”

— Nitya Prakash

“A joyful life is one filled with good people, good work and good books." – DK Raymer”

— D.K. Raymer

“Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”

— Terry Pratchett

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

— David McCullough

“A good book nourishes the soul Like good food nourishes the body.”

— Jo Ann Gilbert Stover

Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else.

— George Plimpton

A good book is never finished—-it goes on whispering to you from the wall.

— Anonymous

Really good books need a chaos element: something weird or inexplicable.

— Michel Faber

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

— Samuel Johnson

I'm obsessed with books. When a good book hits me, it's all I can think about and all I can do.

— Jessie Cave

A good book is like a good friend. Time spent together is never wasted.

— Bernajoy Vaal