We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
A map in the hands of a pilot is a testimony of a man's faith in other men; it is a symbol… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You will get little or nothing from the printed page if you bring it nothing but your eye. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Imagine what our culture would be like if Americans sold ideas, words, and books with the same creativity we use to sell… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Most of us have collections of sayings we live by. . . . Whenever words fly up at me from the printed… — Ray Stannard Baker Copy Share Image
My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
What concerns me alone I only think, what concerns my friends I tell them, what can be of interest to only a… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
You live for those really great scenes where you almost feel that the film has gone beyond what was printed on the… — Tobey Maguire Copy Share Image
Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The U.S. have printed money; they intend to tax the rich in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. These are things that… — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed. — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
They [Christian rednecks] were so stupid that they couldn't pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were printed on… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
On the delivery plate of the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizer was a small tray, on which say three bone china cups and saucers,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
There are so many possibilities around what a magazine should be today. I still believe in the printed object because, for me,… — Olivier Zahm Copy Share Image
The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
The night in prison was novel and interesting enough.... I found that even here there was a history and a gossip which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
By 2003, every fool was getting into real estate. The checkout girl at my local supermarket handed me her newly printed real… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I highlight everything I find interesting, and then type out everything I've highlighted, and then print out everything I've typed, and reread… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image