Book Quotes

14007 Book quotes by 5720 unique authors

Yet in this my stars were not Mercury as morning star in the angle of the seventh house, in quartile with Mars, but they were… — Johannes Kepler
The words are strung together, with their own special grammar-the laws of quantum theory-to form sentences, which are molecules. Soon we have books, entire libraries,… — Heinz Pagels
No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book. — E. W. Howe
In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, Nietzshean… — Ravi Zacharias
No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, something more than we could learn for ourselves, from a book. — Cyril Connolly
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have… — Thomas Traherne
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. — Jean Rostand
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. — Christopher Dawson
Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation.… — Rajneesh
Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it… — Walt Whitman
To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost. — Barbara Tuchman
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

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