Best Great Book Quotes

127 Great Book quotes by 105 unique authors

The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to… — Ronald Fisher
Bicycling beyond the Divide did what all great books do: it told me about me. In its tale of a journey made by two different… — Bret Lott
Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience. — Thomas Ehrlich
The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company from the press, lies unnoticed;… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers together numerous psychological elements. These elements become coherent through a sort of psychological… — Gaston Bachelard
Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a… — Rose Kennedy
To read great books does not mean one becomes ‘bookish’; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the richly-charged imagination of… — John Cowper Powys
A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. — Richard Flanagan
Lonesome Dove is a great book that had the rare fortune of being made into a great movie. And now, through Bill Wittliff's photographs, we… — Stephen Harrigan
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked… — Jessica Zafra
Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don’t sell a lot. But… — Po Bronson
Books can be passed around. They can be shared. A lot of people like seeing them in their houses. They are memories. People who don't… — Daniel Goldin
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? — Neil Jordan
You’ll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing. — Guy Kawasaki
Everybody knows by now that there's a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I'm encouraging anybody who's… — Bob Dylan
The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. — Robin Sharma
When I had no money, and a great book came out, I couldn't get it. I had to wait. I love the idea that I… — Sherman Alexie
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man. — Benjamin Disraeli
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They… — Billy Joel
Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a… — Jared Padalecki
Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books.… — Swami Vivekananda
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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