Books Quotes

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Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and perhaps a few of them are so. But there are others who… — Robertson Davies
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings,… — Robertson Davies
Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story older than the… — Louis L'Amour
I'm a maniacal perfectionist. And if I weren't, I wouldn't have this company.... I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable… — Martha Stewart
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable... — Louis Aragon
We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with… — Cassandra Clare
I regret all of my books. — Zora Neale Hurston
The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie
Many books in my library are now behind and beneath me. They were good in their way once, and so were the clothes I wore… — Charles Spurgeon
The Bible differs from all other books in that it never wears out. Other books are read and laid aside, but the Bible is a… — William Jennings Bryan
I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful. — Neil Gaiman
Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I… — E. W. Howe
Dig a trench through a landfill and you will see layers of phone books like geographical strata or layers of cake.... During a recent landfill… — William Rathje
Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears… — Beverly Cleary
May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true. — Abraham Cowley
Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as… — Jeffery Deaver
Your mental diet largely determines your character and your personality and almost everything that happens to you in life. When you feed your mind with… — Brian Tracy
Your job is to meet the right people and read the right books. — Jeffrey Gitomer
I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I… — Julie Bowen
I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form of cancer that that's not going to get to… — Tim Berners-Lee
Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. — Jean Rostand
We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public. — Nicolas Chamfort
There is no publication in the scientific literature - in prestigious journals, specialty journals, or books - that describes how molecular evolution of any real,… — Michael Behe

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