Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do. — Alain de Botton
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them… — Anthony Bourdain
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. — Ray Bradbury
I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection… — Jo Brand
Managers of hospitals over the years have been increasingly recruited from outside the health service, and although their experience of running a supermarket chain might… — Jo Brand
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. — Tom Brokaw
Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a… — Geraldine Brooks
The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he… — Mel Brooks
I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view. — Dan Brown
I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life,… — Luke Bryan
America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls. — Bill Bryson
Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but… — Bill Bryson
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and -… — Mitch Albom
Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad… — Mitch Albom
Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its… — Julie Burchill
Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000.… — Anthony Burgess
Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. — Amos Bronson Alcott
This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. — George Burns
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books… — John Burroughs
The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks. — Nolan Bushnell
I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school… — Sophia Bush
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. — Samuel Butler
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them. — Samuel Butler
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine. — Samuel Butler
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. — Samuel Butler

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