Books Quotes

7412 Books quotes by 3493 unique authors

That's what the great masters and mistresses have been saying ever since time began. They can point the way, leave signposts and little instructions in… — John Lennon
Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the… — Gene Tunney
I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt… — Magnus Carlsen
Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it! — Ruth Gordon
Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers… — Harry Golombek
There are many books which we think we have read when we have not. There are, at least, many that we think we remember when… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings. — D.E. Stevenson
The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex. They've got to be processed in the… — Mario Savio
As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party… — Keith Olbermann
I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork. I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of my books and… — Chris Raschka
Finding oil is a multidisciplinary science. You need a lot of people - statisticians, engineers, and geologists, of course. And what I have learned in… — Eike Batista
I pictured a low timber house with a shingled roof, caulked against storms, with blazing log fires inside and the walls lined with all the… — Bruce Chatwin
The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I… — Bruce Chatwin
People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will… — Jennifer Chiaverini
My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes — Adriana Trigiani
The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road… — Adriana Trigiani
Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I will be giving… — Tyler Cowen
I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world — Delia Smith
Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very… — Adam Gopnik
Books don’t change the world, people change the world, books only change people. — Unknown Author
As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and so it became necessary to start painting in… — Jonathan Coe
But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into… — Jonathan Coe
Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. A good… — David Quammen
God suffers in the multitude of souls whom His word can not reach. Religious truth is imprisoned in a small number of manuscript books, which… — Johannes Gutenberg
I've read too many books to believe what I am told. — Suheir Hammad

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