“...books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.” — Joe Queenan Books Copy Share Image
As was the case in Requiem for a Dream, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, House of Sand and Fog, The Hulk and Dark… — Joe Queenan Angel Copy Share Image
Books did not need to be beautiful back in the Fifties, because nothing else was beautiful back then. Books were simply there:… — Joe Queenan Beautiful Copy Share Image
“The problem with the English Patient is that to enjoy it, you have to be either English or patient.” — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
Purists maintain that if you go to a baseball game you will almost always see something you have never seen before. Unfortunately,… — Joe Queenan Ball game Copy Share Image
My books have been part of my life forever. They have been good soldiers, boon companions. Every book has survived numerous purges… — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
“But such a fortuitous rescue from ethical bondage is rare indeed.” — Joe Queenan Character Copy Share Image
Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful. — Joe Queenan Beautiful Copy Share Image
A friend once told me that the real message Bram Stoker sought to convey in 'Dracula' is that a human being needs… — Joe Queenan Apotheosis Copy Share Image
Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise. — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
“Unless paid, I never read books by or about businessmen or politicians, nor should anyone else.” — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
Saddling another person with a book he did not ask for has always seemed to me like a huge psychological imposition, like… — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
“I do not accept reading tips from strangers, especially from indecisive men whose shirt collars are a dramatically different color from the… — Joe Queenan Collars Copy Share Image
Reading is the way mankind delays the inevitable. Reading is the way we shake our fist at the sky. As long as… — Joe Queenan Angel Copy Share Image
If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a… — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning. — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
People who prefer e-books...think that books merely take up space. This is true, but so do your children and Prague and the… — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
“Children are not born with their hearts hardened in this fashion, not even Irish-Catholic children. They have to be taught by professionals.” — Joe Queenan Children Copy Share Image
“I dread that awkward moment when a friend hands you the book that changed his or her life, and it is a… — Joe Queenan Awkward moment Copy Share Image
Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons. — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
“From the moment I own a book, even before I open it to the first page, I feel that it has in… — Joe Queenan Book Copy Share Image
Lars is played by Ryan Gosling, the Prince of Tics, whose idea of acting is to wait a few beats before reacting… — Joe Queenan Acting Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Catholic and received the body and blood of Jesus Christ every Sunday at communion until I was… — Joe Queenan Age Copy Share Image
“Good books don't make you think, because the author has already done all of the thinking for you, but a terrible book… — Joe Queenan Books Copy Share Image
It was once argued that 'Starring Sylvester Stallone' were the three scariest words in the English language but until I saw Adam… — Joe Queenan Adam Copy Share Image
