Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

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
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
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
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
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
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. — Winston Churchill
A home without books is a body without soul. — 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
Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. — Tom Clancy
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
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 readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on… — Harlan Coben
I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope… — Jarvis Cocker
As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one. — Diablo Cody
I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts… — Diablo Cody
I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the… — Sam Abell

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