Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory can’t… — Kabir
It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will… — Ilya Ehrenburg
I could teach an eighth-grader in twenty minutes how to brief a case. Yet for all three years in most law schools the casebook method… — Gerry Spence
Books are a finer world within the world. (1863) — Alexander Smith
In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With… — Alexander Smith
The battle against good and evil is raging now! Look at your television programming and movie advertisements presenting the occult…the demonic…the satanic…the practice of witchcraft… — John Hagee
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite… — Michael Connelly
I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the… — Michael Connelly
I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't… — Brad Thor
I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that — Brad Thor
I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love… — Janet Evanovich
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create. — Patricia Cornwell
Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experience. Many… — Satya Nadella
It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love Not War - we… — Margot Kidder
If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about… — Lynn Johnston
Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of… — John B. Watson
Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their aeriform state to… — Nick Tosches
People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated… — Curtis Sittenfeld
People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say,' — Jennifer Weiner
Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially subversive)… — John McGahern
And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books. — James Weldon Johnson
As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen… — Carl Hiaasen
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and… — Carl Hiaasen

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