Book Quotes

14007 Book quotes by 5720 unique authors

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history. — Noam Chomsky
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes. — Agatha Christie
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and… — Agatha Christie
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. — Winston Churchill
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A home without books is a body without soul. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone. — Emile M. Cioran
There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still… — Sandra Cisneros
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. — Tom Clancy
Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. — Tom Clancy
Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act. — Tom Clancy
Two must-haves for me are a great book and my iPod. — Kelly Clarkson
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking… — Woody Allen
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. — Woody Allen
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. — Woody Allen
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though… — Beverly Cleary
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. — Beverly Cleary
Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. — Beverly Cleary
Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness. — Woody Allen
His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. — Woody Allen
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need… — Isabel Allende
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head.… — Harlan Coben

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