Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

Never buy hardcover books. They are designed to sell to those who don't actually read. Along with books, many other things can be read: natural… — Unknown Author
I didn't go to bookshops to buy. That's a little bourgeois. I went because they were civilized places. It made me happy there were people… — Jerry Pinto
Businesses, like babies and books, need nurturing, time, energy, love, planning and, yes, money to develop, grow and prosper. — Rachael Bermingham
Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to… — Rachel Kushner
At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I’m a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body… — Rachel Kushner
I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. — Gloria Swanson
Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others. — Bernard Malamud
When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those… — R L Stine
We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can be written about… — Kanye West
When we think of design, we usually imagine things that are chosen because they are designed. Vases or comic books or architecture... It turns out,… — Seth Godin
You can't just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You have to travel… — Mary Wells Lawrence
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live… — Jean Anouilh
I don't like books, they're all fact, no heart. — Stephen Colbert
America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up. Audiences for religious… — Ronald Reagan
We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's precepts. — Herbert Hoover
It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by men, and most… — Robert Green Ingersoll
One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom -such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it -those quarter-hours of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination's utterances. — Unknown Author
Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise. — David Sedaris
I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes. — Isabel Allende
The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace… — Walter Scott
We cannot learn men from books. — Benjamin Disraeli
So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books, as a race… — Samuel Johnson
Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like… — Mark Skousen

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