Editions Quotes

33 quotes by 24 authors

I purpose publishing these Letters here in the world before I return to you. Two editions. One, unedited, for Bible readers and their children; the… — Mark Twain
Editions made sense when people worked with engravings where the plate wore down as prints were made. An early number of the edition had slightly… — Jerry Uelsmann
Be on guard against any tampering with the Word, whether disguised as a search for truth, or a scholarly attempt at apparently hidden meanings; and… — M R DeHaan
As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely… — Oscar Wilde
At last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul's, like the editions of Baalbec… — Horace Walpole
The best newspapermen I know are those most thrilled by the daily pump of city room excitements; they long fondly for a good murder; they… — Pete Hamill
To a man who is uncorrupt and properly constituted, woman always remains something of a mystery and a romance. He never interprets her quite literally.… — James Parton
Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings. — Jan Tschichold
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and… — George Sand
If the first lady is concerned about this Internet cycle, what would she have done during the heyday when there was 12, 13 editions of… — Matt Drudge
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not… — Lord Chesterfield
The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New… — Horace Walpole
Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and… — A S W Rosenbach
Children, it should be repeated, are not pocket editions of adults, because childhood is a period of physical growth and development, a period of preparation… — Grace Abbott
The road to ignorance is paved with good editions. Only the illiterate can afford to buy good books now. — George Bernard Shaw
I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions. — Anna Kendrick
The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on… — Bob Schieffer
Publishers, naturally, loathe used books and have developed strategies to depress the secondhand market. They bring out new, even more expensive editions of popular textbooks… — James Surowiecki
Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable — Oscar Wilde
I flicked my eyes over to Steve again and saw him straighten. He would need a diversion just to start. â€œExplanations?â€ I bellowed. â€œExplanations? Thereâ€™s… — Stephen Fry

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