Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high. — John Banville
The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be. — John Banville
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. — Bernard Baruch
So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space… — Abu Bakar Bashir
All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this… — Mario Batali
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of… — Joseph Addison
Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way. — Kate Beckinsale
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States… — Kate Beckinsale
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. — Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. — Henry Ward Beecher
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. — Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not men and yet they stay alive. — Henry Ward Beecher
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. — Hilaire Belloc
I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say. — Dirk Benedict
I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction. — Mayim Bialik
I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my… — Mary J. Blige
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is… — Allan Bloom
I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws,… — Michael Bloomberg
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. — Judy Blume
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more time teaching than… — Derek Bok
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. — Unknown Author
I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution,… — Unknown Author
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. — Alain de Botton

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