Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes… — Terry Pratchett
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. — Umberto Eco
Books are the true means of acquiring talent. If one does not read one remains ignorant, and ignorance can never produce true painters. — Unknown Author
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like… — Daniel Handler
I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me… — Alex Haley
Kanematsu Sugiura.....took down lab books and showed me that in fact Laetrile is dramatically effective in stopping the spread of cancer. The animals were genetically… — Ralph W. Moss
Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which,… — Bent Larsen
Everything has a cause. — Swami Vivekananda
Peruse the Christian marketplace, and you will find a plethora of books, songs, and paintings that depict God as a loving Father. — David Platt
Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all. — Mikhail Botvinnik
If I let my fingers wander idly over the keys of a typewriter it might happen that my screed made an intelligible sentence. If an… — Arthur Eddington
On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble… — Ban Ki-moon
The slave labors, but with no cheer-it is not the road to respectability, it will honor him with no citizens' trust, it brings no bread… — Henry Ward Beecher
A ridiculous passion which hath no being but in play-books and romances. — Jonathan Swift
By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An… — Samuel Johnson
To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail; to be led… — John Ruskin
The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There is in this… — Henry David Thoreau
What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose… — Gunter Grass
Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no… — Ben Casnocha
The reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world are contained in books.... America's greatness is not only recorded in books, but it… — Terence Cooke
I love to read, but I didn't know how I could keep up with my eyes, ... But I remembered that the library had books… — Dorothy Bryant
We read books to find out who we are. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would describe it as… — E. M. Forster
It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid. — George Eliot
Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about. — Robin Sharma

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