Book Quotes

14007 quotes by 5720 authors

It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement. — Ray Bradbury
The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives. — Elizabeth Taylor
Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor (of Los Angeles), I used to sneak out here during lunchtime...and I'd go to a… — Richard Riordan
My alma mater was books, a good library. — Malcolm X
We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full… — Kathy Bates
When I was a child in the Navy during World War II, I was perennially grateful to the armed services libraries for having on hand… — James A. Michener
I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms. — Lisa Whelchel
I've been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture. — Lisa Whelchel
I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book . . . The recipes were to be the routine ones: how to make dry… — Groucho Marx
A bank book makes good reading - better than some novels. — Sir Harry Lauder
I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep. — James M. Loy
Suppose you went to your priest and asked for help; he would refer you to the Bible. But if you went the next day to… — John Templeton
The book of nature is the book of fate. She turns the gigantic pages, leaf after leaf never returning one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest. — Eleanor Roosevelt
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably… — Saul Bellow
Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation. — Thomas Jefferson
Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read. — Unknown Author
Many thanks for the sending me the book Biology of the Striped Skunk ... Frankly, I doubt whether I shall read it or not, unless… — Unknown Author
The only valid reason to use clichÃ©s is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect… — Leonard Bishop
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… — Leonard Bishop

Who Wrote These Book Quotes

5,720 authors contributed a total of 14,007 Book Quotes, led by these top contributors: