"But a reader's ambition knows no bounds." — Alberto Manguel

"But a reader's ambition knows no bounds."

— Alberto Manguel

Ambition Quotes Ambition Knows Quotes Bounds Quotes Inspirational Quotes Knows Quotes Knows No Bounds Quotes Love Quotes Reader Quotes

84 Quotes by Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel has 84 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Not until I came to Canada did I realize that snow was a four-letter word.
A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.
Slothful, feeble, pretentious, pedantic, elitist - these are some of the epithets that eventually become associated with the absent minded…
The shelves of books we haven't written, like those of books we haven't read, stretches out into the darkness of…
And sometimes, when the stars are kind, we read with an intake of breath, with a shudder, as if someone…
Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the…
If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded…
At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.... The various qualities of my readings seem to permeate my…
Ordered by subject, by importance, ordered according to whether the book was penned by God or by one of God's…
I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home…
The telling of stories creates the real world.

See all 84 quotes by Alberto Manguel »

More Ambition Quotes

This quote is filed under Ambition Quotes, one of 2,147 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you… — Mary Kay Ash
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All… — Saint Augustine
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by… — Marcus Aurelius
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. — Marcus Aurelius
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was… — Paul Auster
Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of… — Sai Baba
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for… — Charles Babbage
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now… — Russell Baker
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. — James A. Baldwin

See all 2,147 Ambition Quotes »