Book Quotes

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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book. — George Herbert
Honesty is a principle, and we have our moral agency to determine how we will apply this principle. We have the agency to make choices,… — James E. Faust
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations. — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read,… — Arnold Bennett
I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits. — Dave Barry
All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book,… — Dave Barry
First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones are taken. Thin… — Dave Barry
I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that, like most books, it had too many words. — Dave Barry
There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them. They… — Dave Barry
This must be a gift book. That is to say a book, which you wouldn't take on any other terms. — Dorothy Parker
Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every… — William Morris Hunt
A book is the only immortality. — Rufus Choate
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence. — Jan Morris
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. — Elizabeth Hardwick
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times. — Anatole Broyard
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them. — George Bernard Shaw
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. — Gilbert Highet
Grandma told me Mama was once caught by the Principal for writing in the front of her book, "In Case of Fire, Throw This in… — Erma Bombeck
I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge as I am… — George Burns

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