Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us. — David Platt
In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before. — Tony Evans
To get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you're not — Jim Rohn
Artists raise their kids differently. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books,… — Angelina Jolie
Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never… — Thomas Traherne
The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel- Ripe fruit, old footballs, Burning brush, New books, erasers, Chalk, and… — John Updike
Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like… — Jack Handey
We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy. — William Graham Sumner
I've been around so long that I might be in record books for being the longest, weirdest, most pathetic great player ever. Look t how… — Vince Spadea
I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and in your blood. — Sebastian Barry
It is those books which a man possesses but does not read which constitute the most suspicious evidence against him. — Victor Hugo
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not,… — Malcolm Forbes
It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books. — William Saroyan
To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a… — Aldous Huxley
Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how… — Holbrook Jackson
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory… — Charles Caleb Colton
Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which… — Carl L. Becker
Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the old parchments damaged by dampness, a livid flower had prospered,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News. — Gloria Steinem
It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my books, but they could understand $30,000. — William Faulkner
Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a… — Samuel Johnson
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. — Ninon de L'Enclos
The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I later wrote. All… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings. — Jan Tschichold
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it… — Unknown Author

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