Books One Quotes

23 quotes by 19 authors

At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps… — Nils Kjaer
That was only the beginning - where one burns books, one will finally also burn people. — Heinrich Heine
Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him. — Pio of Pietrelcina
When it comes time to default, theyâ€™re not going to remember any of the Republicansâ€™ names. They are going to remember in history books one… — Donald Trump
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. — Jean Rostand
If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance. — Sherman Alexie
Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen times - and… — Nora Roberts
The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of false… — George Orwell
I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for the auditors and… — Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer… — Charles Lamb
One's life is more formed, I sometimes think, by books than by human beings: it is out of books one learns about love and pain… — Graham Greene
I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was… — John Jakes
The women one meets - what are they but books one has already read? You're a library of the unknown, the uncut. Upon my word… — Henry James
If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads. — Sherman Alexie
Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books, one does not discover how bad the majority of them are. — George Orwell
It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much. — Brandon Sanderson
I sat there for several moments, trying to decide how best I should respond. None of the advice I'd gotten from the books or my… — Richelle Mead
One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by… — Arthur C. Clarke
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. — Joseph Brodsky

Who Wrote These Books One Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 23 Books One Quotes as follows: