Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

Bullies are always cowards. — Swami Vivekananda
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free… — David Guterson
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather… — Francis Quarles
You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when… — Thomas Perry
A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools. — Thomas Jefferson
One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them. — D. H. Lawrence
Make each day truly new, dressing it with the blessings of heaven, bathing it in wisdom and love and putting yourself under the protection of… — Paulo Coelho
The problem is the average person isnt tuned in to lifelong learning, or going to seminars and so forth. If the information is not on… — Jack Canfield
Books make dangerous devils out of women. — Yxta Maya Murray
Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think we were talking… — David Carradine
It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that… — Garth Ennis
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. — Dorothy Allison
But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's… — Norman MacCaig
I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. — Matthew Vaughn
I read everything and anything. I love books. — Gail Porter
I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25. — Gail Porter
One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to do. I couldn't see people,… — Abraham Pais
Any ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be… — Augustine Birrell
One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends. — Blake Mycoskie
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to… — Jock Sturges
Any time, every time, you can damn the Prime Minister and so long as it is not a lie and a criminal lie, nothing happens… — Lee Kuan Yew
I am NOT an anarchist. Never have been, never will be. Just because Crimethinc put out two of my poetry books, I am labeled everywhere… — Raegan Butcher
Under the pretext of study we spent our hours in the happiness of love, and learning held out to us the secret opportunities that our… — Peter Abelard
My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job. — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
A thousand books on tennis won’t improve your serve, but a thousand serves will. — Rick DeMarinis

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