Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with… — Norman MacCaig
It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get… — Vincent D'Onofrio
Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters. — Ernestine Rose
Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and… — Irvine Welsh
In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey. — Jeanette Winterson
And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting us to ignorance again. — Robert Browning
Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to nature and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us to search our… — Khalil Gibran
He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. . . . He was naturally… — John Dryden
Some books are lies frae end to end. — Robert Burns
My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work. — Mary Oliver
Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects… — Louis L'Amour
The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to… — Alexander Pope
In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot.… — Ken Follett
A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books. — Francois Mitterrand
Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books for… — Courtney Milan
You can cover a great deal of Countries in books. — Unknown Author
Books have survived television, radio, talking pictures, circulars (early magazines), dailies (early newspapers), Punch and Judy shows, and Shakespeare's plays. They have survived World War… — Vicki Myron
O my darling books! A day will come when you will be laid out on the salesroom table, and others will buy and possess you-persons,… — Unknown Author
Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man. — Holbrook Jackson
Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to become fundamental. In… — Sherman Alexie
Where books are burned in the end people will be burned too. — Heinrich Heine
So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the… — Ray Bradbury
I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous… — Delta Burke
My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s… — Alejandro Amenabar

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