Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

I can assure the conspiracy theorists who have very effectively savaged [Gerald] Posner in their books that they're going to have a much, much more… — Vincent Bugliosi
Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition. — Walker Percy
Since I invoke Torah so often, let me state that I don't personally believe in the God it postulates ... I am not religious, nor… — David Ben-Gurion
I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies. — Bret Easton Ellis
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that… — Scott Turow
Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality. — Iris Chang
I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally,… — Susie Bright
I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after book trying in… — Daniel Tammet
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything… — Jack L. Chalker
The books from which [children] learn must reflect movement and change and all of the infinite possibilities of minds at liberty. — Virginia Hamilton
Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be… — Pietro Aretino
I don't roam around with a camera and never did. I took pictures in spurts, for my books, for some assignments or on special occasions.… — William Klein
I wanted to be a witch when I was a kid. I was obsessed with witchcraft. At school, me and my two friends had these… — Florence Welch
It was a complete dream to work with David LaChapelle. I collected his books as a teenager, and I fantasised that he would direct the… — Florence Welch
None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore, in books and men, let us look… — Charlotte Mason
Composition is as natural as jumping and running to children who have been allowed due use of books. — Charlotte Mason
At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang… — Rudy Rucker
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. — Cecil B. DeMille
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to… — Ronald Fisher
Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books? — William Targ
Do the children who prefer books set in the real, ordinary, workaday world ever read as obsessively as those who would much rather be transported… — Laura Miller
Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey… — Laura Miller
If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very… — Laura Miller
I have to go make books. Sorry about that. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very… — Irving Kirsch

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