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Books Quotes by Aaron Swartz
- But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in…
- Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never actually…
- Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are…
- The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a…
- Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email,…
More Books Quotes
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my… — Isaac Asimov
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
- Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera -… — Margaret Atwood
- Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in… — Margaret Atwood
- I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right… — Margaret Atwood
- I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,'… — Margaret Atwood
- If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of… — Margaret Atwood
- Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on… — Norman Ralph Augustine