Book Quotes

14007 Book quotes by 5720 unique authors

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books. — Nick Cave
The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something… — Nick Cave
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed… — Nick Cave
I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed… — Dick Cavett
A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men… — Oswald Chambers
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. — Nicolas Chamfort
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. — Chanakya
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the… — Chanakya
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. — Raymond Chandler
If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not… — Raymond Chandler
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. — Raymond Chandler
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst… — William Ellery Channing
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past… — William Ellery Channing
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most… — William Ellery Channing
Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book… — Cesar Chavez
Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There is your answer.… — Hugo Chavez
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men,… — Lord Chesterfield
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I… — Julia Child
For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. — Lee Child
I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time. — Lee Child
I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence. — Lee Child

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