Books Quote by Alain de Botton

“The author respectfully dedicates this book to everyone who is almost as smart as they think they are.”

— Matthew Stover

“Books are the enemy of ignorance.”

— Steven Donkin

“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather…

— Milan Kundera

I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.

— Umberto Eco

“First, you don't have to be smart to read books. Lots of idiots read books. Trust me, the ability to read does not necessarily…

— Marie Sexton

“For knowledge, you should read books but wisdom is trapped within you, release it.”

— Ismat Ahmed Shaikh

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“Even if the sum total of human knowledge is available online, a book is still a powerful thing.”

— M.H. Van Keuren

“When I meet someone who says they're not "much for books," I can guarantee that they haven't met the right book yet.”

— Kersten Hamilton

“I never knew book were important than anything even humans until i discovered that books are straight forward why humans are unstable.”

— Oladeji jeremy

“But I must hope that books possess a life of a more varied kind than their authors' myopia concedes to them. A book is…

— Umberto Eco

“Books are so full of thoughts that some of them have learned to think.”

— Henry Hitchens (Browse