Shelf Quotes

294 Shelf quotes by 259 unique authors

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. — Henry Miller
When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants. Writers are… — Amos Oz
Where did she come from, and where can I find one?" "Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia, bargain price. Last… — Alexandra Bracken
Memories I had locked away have begun to break free, like shards of ice fracturing off an arctic shelf. In sleep, these broken floes drift… — Tan Twan Eng
I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write of sin. You’re… — Neil Gaiman
Your mom isn’t going to let me step foot inside this place. I’ve seen the gun she keeps on the top shelf of the pantry. — Becca Fitzpatrick
There’s a long pause. But it’s not a bad pause, because Mik is looking at me like I’m the treasure from the high shelf that… — Laini Taylor
The mason asks but a narrow shelf to spring his brick from; man requires only an infinitely narrower one to spring his arch of faith… — Henry David Thoreau
In America, we hurry-which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the… — Mark Twain
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something… — Seth Godin
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course,… — Chris Abani
Many retail stores have consumer trackers that study how long your eyes linger on one product, whether you follow it through by touch, and things… — Jan Chipchase
I have grown up watching Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan and the likes. These are actors who have changed with time. They… — Arjun Rampal
One thing that I had to remember in my personal journey in the music industry and coming up in the music industry was how many… — Kelly Rowland
I remember, around age three, peas growing in the back garden. Pinching them from their pods and popping them in the mouth was my first… — Caitlin Moran
Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life. — John Lasseter
Comedians are innately programmed to pick up oddities like mispronounced words, upside-down books on a shelf, and generally undetectable mistakes in everyday life. — Bob Newhart
Somehow, stars have a lot of class if they are done right; they never have a shelf life. — Bella Freud
As demand shifts from offline retailers with limited shelf space to online channels with much larger assortments, the sales distribution is not getting fatter in… — Anita Elberse
Most of my colleagues have research awards on the shelf. I have party invites. — Anita Elberse
In my office, I have the creative things that kids have made for me over the years. The nice thing about the physical side of… — Mitchel Resnick
My sons and I thoroughly enjoy Legos. We go to the toy store every week for more. I never want to take what we build… — Mark Wahlberg
After a year, the aromatics in an olive oil are gone. Sometimes the bottles on the shelf in the supermarket are there a lot longer… — Jose Andres Puerta
An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal readers to discover… — John Updike
Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last… — Kabir Bedi

Who Wrote These Shelf Quotes

259 authors contributed a total of 294 Shelf Quotes, led by these top contributors: