Encyclopedia Quotes

74 quotes by 64 authors

The world encyclopedia, the universal library, exists, and it is the world itself. — Alberto Manguel
You have a diasporic black world, and the only way to put it back together again is symbolic. It's like Humpty Dumpty. Whoever could edit… — Henry Louis Gates
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of our… — Lupe Fiasco
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. — Stephen Leacock
I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and… — George R. R. Martin
My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office. — Mike Myers
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. — Bertrand Russell
My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world. — Jimmy Wales
To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language - That's… — Jimmy Wales
What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species. — E. O. Wilson
Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book. — Philip Jose Farmer
So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil… — Brandon Sanderson
Kids, she says. When theyâ€™re little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, youâ€™re the world almanac and the encyclopedia… — Chuck Palahniuk
I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Are you okay?" she whispers, giggling. Me? Oh sure. You might have to carry me out of here, though." What happened?" I created a distraction."… — Lisa McMann
Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is… — Italo Calvino
The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia. — Umberto Eco
Who knew Lenny was an encyclopedia for useless information? — Simone Elkeles
Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, Iâ€™ve always said and I stand by it, whenever… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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