My books standing there on the shelf do not know that I have written them. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
If the Elf on the Shelf doesn't rake leaves, wash the car, or do laundry, I don't want one. . . — Rick Sutter Copy Share Image
Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's all about what's on the shelf at the end of the year. — Steve Coppell Copy Share Image
No one to talk with, all by myself. No one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf. — Fats Waller Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. — Richard Scarry Copy Share Image
“And she is the reader who browses the shelf and looks for new worlds but finds herself.” — Laura Purdie Salas Copy Share Image
“The high shelf Where you stacked the bad thing, hoping for calm, Broke. It rolled down. It follows you to the end.” — John Wain Copy Share Image
“I found her standing on tiptoes, scanning a shelf that was indeed next to a painting of a dude on a horse.… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping… — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
“There are three shelves with about forty books on each shelf. As I look through them, I am hoping for something that… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Because I'm still here. I got a brick, a leather strap, and a rock from a slingshot too, all on a shelf.… — Lyndsay Faye Copy Share Image
Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
The bedroom in my apartment is far too small to hold a nightstand. There is, however, this bookshelf. Yes, I stow whatever… — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights… — Frank Gaffney Copy Share Image
It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious completely unrelated… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Sometimes with people I know, they're playing the hunky action guy and there's resistance to them coming out because it's so connected… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
People are scrambling to figure out how they can prolong the life of an album. But as long as the shelf space… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
Sometimes you buy a book, powerfully drawn to it, but then it just sits on the shelf. Maybe you flick through it,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long. — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
“Write the book you wish you could find on the shelf but can't.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“People aren't like books. You can't set them on a shelf and expect them to stay there.” — Bailey Nadeen Copy Share Image
Everything in God's store is on the bottom shelf...you have to get on your knees to get it. — Robert Collier Copy Share Image