Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

One of the stories I love is how Gutenberg’s printing press set off this interesting chain reaction, where all of a sudden people across Europe… — Steven Johnson
My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in… — Mikhail Kalashnikov
It's easier to revise lousy writing than to revise a blank sheet of paper. — S.A. Bodeen
All in all, Tolkien fans are as varied, remarkable and marvelous as the books and the worlds that they share. They make me feel a… — John Howe
I've had many more thousands of books in my possession than my shelves at home would indicate. At one time, I tried to keep them… — Lewis Buzbee
Books were in the world; the world was in books. — Lewis Buzbee
Watching a scene from a film in slow motion is possible, but there’s an unreal air to it; reading a passage from a book slowly… — Lewis Buzbee
Books connect us with others, but that connection is created in solitude, one reader in one chair hearing one writer, what John Irving refers to… — Lewis Buzbee
Books, I knew then and now, give body to our ideas and imaginations, make them flesh in the world; a bookstore is the city where… — Lewis Buzbee
Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly. — Lewis Buzbee
The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food, or service; it… — Lewis Buzbee
As I have studied the Bible and the Book of Mormon, I have come to know through the power of the Spirit of God, that… — Clayton Christensen
If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to… — Alice James
Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you will find them… — Beverley Nichols
I've been to a lot of school and read a lot of thick books, but at my very core there's a made-for-TV-movie mentality I don't… — Pam Houston
I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking. — Lucian
A bookcase is as good as a view, as much of a panorama as the sight of a city or a river. There are dawns… — Anatole Broyard
You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an… — Brian P. Cleary
I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up… — Brian P. Cleary
There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows… — Lemmy Kilmister
Books are in no hurry. An act of creation is in no hurry; it reads us, it privileges us infinitely. — George Steiner
He is no true reader who has not experienced the reproachful fascination of the great shelves of unread books, of the libraries at night of… — George Steiner
My books have been part of my life forever. They have been good soldiers, boon companions. Every book has survived numerous purges over the years;… — Joe Queenan
Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning. — Joe Queenan
The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy is simple: Certain… — Joe Queenan

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