Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia. I didn't spend… — Arthur Hertzberg
This book out-lives, out-loves, out-fits, out-lasts, out-reaches, out-runs, and out-ranks all books. This book is faith producing. It is hope awakening. It is death destroying,… — Unknown Author
I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word. This… — George Whitefield
I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read… — R A Salvatore
Up! up! my friend, and quit your books, Or surely you 'll grow double! Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks! Why all this… — William Wordsworth
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don't talk back. — John Steinbeck
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I… — Paul Krugman
Companies like Enron have learned that small investments in endowing chairs, sponsoring research programs or hiring moonlighting professors can return big payoffs in generating books,… — Ralph Nader
I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. — Helene Hanff
My problem is that while other people are reading fifty books I'm reading one book fifty times. I only stop when at the bottom of… — Helene Hanff
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books — Mencius
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of our… — Huey Newton
It is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so. — William Barclay
The books, the authors who matter the most are those who speak to me and speak for me all those things about life I most… — Aidan Chambers
Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. — Justin Halpern
The Big L was cold crazy, A top-notch crook snatchin pocket books from old ladies — Big L
In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast… — Eric Schlosser
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. — Greg Ginn
Let's crowd source, curate, and add royalties to books — Walter Isaacson
We don't teach from Books of the Bible because it gets in the way of evangelism. We don't offer different kinds of Bible studies because… — Steven Furtick
Can you imagine doing ministry the last five hundred years and getting away with ‘Sorry, I don’t do books’? Can you imagine doing ministry in… — Leonard Sweet
Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of… — Zhuangzi
Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant. — Alexandra Ripley
Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them in paintings, novels,… — Alasdair Gray

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