Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

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
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
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
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
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
The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks. — Nolan Bushnell
I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school… — Sophia Bush
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. — Samuel Butler
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them. — Samuel Butler
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine. — Samuel Butler
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. — Samuel Butler
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape. — A. S. Byatt
I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers. — A. S. Byatt
When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life. — A. S. Byatt
Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world… — Meg Cabot
I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting. — Nicolas Cage

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