History Quote by Andrew Ross

“For where books, for instance, always offer a thousand times more than they are, television offers exactly what it is, its essential immediacy, its…

— Jean-Philippe Toussaint

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you…

— John Sayles

Books seem so much more interesting in the book store.

— Anonymous

TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

— Fred W. Friendly

Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books.

— Julia Glass

Books are for only those who can live without television.

— Vikrant Parsai

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

— Sol LeWitt

“There are only two kinds of books worth keeping: Valuable books and valuable books. The first value is monetary, and the second value is…

— Jarod Kintz

“It’s kind of sad how much value I was placing in the heaps of books I owned. Obviously it was more than their real…

— Joshua Fields Millburn

History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy.

— Albert Camus

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

— Jerry Seinfeld

Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock,…

— Chuck Palahniuk