Books Quote by Alain de Botton

I look at every book as a self-help book.

— Marc Maron

“The best self help books are the ones the authors wrote for and to themselves. Everyone is trying to be an expert. The world…

— Ilwaad isa

“Perhaps you don’t need telling that self-help books, the modern-day apotheosis of the quest for happiness, are among the things that fail to make…

— Oliver Burkeman

I never read a self-help book except for the Bible.

— Jon Heder

Many read self help books I often wonder if they are just searching for one better than they can write themselves?

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

While I ridicule books of self-help, I'm also quite susceptible to them. They help simplify things.

— Amitava Kumar

When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book that would…

— Vinny Guadagnino

“I read, and underline, anything I can get my hands on, but I have a particular weakness for self-help books. I love these books,…

— Eric Weiner

If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?

— George Carlin

Self help books are pointless. Here's something for you... Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and self help books are from Uranus.

— Craig Ferguson

“People need books for a better life. Books are a way of self-nurturing.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

I went to an extreme for literary purposes because I felt all the self-help books out there were so gooey and Pollyanna-ish and nauseating.…

— Robert Greene