Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall… — Charles Tupper
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose… — Alan Paton
All the books that were being published by African-American guys were saying 'screw whitey', or some variation of that. Not the scholars but the pop… — Toni Morrison
Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace… — Unknown Author
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well. — Kate Seredy
How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me. — William Gaddis
Home base is the support system where we have a culinary team, my own writers because of the shows and the books and stuff, we… — Emeril Lagasse
After all, the world is not a stage-not to me: nor a theatre: nor a show-house of any sort. And art, especially novels, are not… — D. H. Lawrence
Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over. — Lionel Trilling
There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our… — Edward Abbey
Books are like eggs -- best when fresh. — Edward Abbey
There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time. — Edward Abbey
Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. — Edward Abbey
Jane Austen: Getting into her books is like getting in bed with a cadaver. Something vital is lacking; namely, life. — Edward Abbey
My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet. — Edward Abbey
The response to my books from my East Coast friends has been wildly various, running the gamut from 'bad' to 'very bad.' (Is there another… — Edward Abbey
My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah. — Edward Abbey
The author: an imaginary person who writes real books. — Edward Abbey
Music endures and ages far better than books. Books, made of words, are unavoidably attached to ideas, events, conflict, and history, but music has the… — Edward Abbey
Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well enough alone? Why aren't the books enough? — Julian Barnes
The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them. — George Orwell
You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success of the book, and then… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I hate university towns and university people, who are the same everywhere, with pregnant wives, sprawling children, many books and hideous pictures on the walls… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Life is too short for reading inferior books. — James Bryce

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