Book Quotes

14007 Book quotes by 5720 unique authors

All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer… — Steven Brust
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. — Jean de la Bruyere
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good,… — Jean de la Bruyere
I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life,… — Luke Bryan
America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls. — Bill Bryson
Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but… — Bill Bryson
I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball… — Bill Bryson
The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to… — Bill Bryson
Book tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars, you are treated… — Bill Bryson
To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and be… — Bill Bryson
I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see… — Martin Buber
When Gordon the Brown, in London in 1997, commissioned a great inquisition or survey of his new realm, the result was the so-called national asset… — James Buchan
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book.… — Pearl S. Buck
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and -… — Mitch Albom
Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad… — Mitch Albom
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order. — Madeleine Albright
Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. — Julie Burchill
Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its… — Julie Burchill
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. — Anthony Burgess
Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000.… — Anthony Burgess
Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. — Amos Bronson Alcott
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. — Amos Bronson Alcott
This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. — George Burns
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books… — John Burroughs
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. — Tim Burton

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