Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music,… — Axel Munthe
A fantastic, gleeful, chrome-plated-slick debut of a novel. In Jonathan Chase, Markham has created the perfect cliche-shattering super spy while honoring the progenitors. Dangerously sharp,… — Greg Rucka
Someday it will dawn on man that woman does not read the wonderful books with which he has filled his libraries, and though she may… — Esther Vilar
There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction. — Norton Juster
There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species,… — Al Capp
A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books - the best books - give us: a lifeline, a reason to… — Blake Morrison
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is… — A J P Taylor
Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem… — Larry McMurtry
A bookman’s love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them. — Larry McMurtry
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in… — Alice Hoffman
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help — Alice Hoffman
The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books –… — James Lovelock
The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books –… — James Lovelock
In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as… — Michael Mandelbaum
Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me, they would draw… — Bruce Bartlett
Seek the path, do not seek attainment, seek for the path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth from others, nor to see… — P D Ouspensky
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines — Bill Walsh
If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructores but form the… — Haile Selassie
Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books — Meles Zenawi
What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired… — Edmund White
That is the first thing to learn — not to seek. When you seek you are really only window-shopping. The question of whether or not… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
In other words, all of my books are lies. They are simply maps of a territory, shadows of a reality, gray symbols dragging their bellies… — Ken Wilber
I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to… — Haruki Murakami
I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read. — Wendell H. Ford
I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like… — Don Novello

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