Best Shelves Quotes
409 Shelves quotes by 344 unique authors
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Put out as much as you can. It doesn't do anything sitting on a shelf.
— Brian Eno
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God in the safe and Ford on the shelves.
— Aldous Huxley
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Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm sure. It breaks…
— Nathan Fillion
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Youve got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what…
— Samantha Morton
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I love the scrapbooks, I have a shelf of scrapbooks fans give me - they're so sweet, so detailed!
— Selena Gomez
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The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it,…
— Sterling Hayden
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Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best of Lawrence Block,…
— George Pelecanos
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To identify your own idols, ask questions like these: What things take the place of God in my life? Where do I find my significance…
— Philip Graham Ryken
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Ji-li's deeply moving story should be on the shelf of every person's library. Her courage in the face of adversity and her steadfast loyalty and…
— Nien Cheng
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Necromancer gives readers what they've long waited for -- a rousing conclusion to the trilogy begun in Nomadin and continued in NiDemon. Put this trilogy…
— Unknown Author
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Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on the supermarket shelves, are astonished. Women do…
— Andrea Dworkin
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The future has no shelf life
— Warren G. Bennis
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Yes no yes no yes no? Red blue? Yes red, no blue? No red, yes no? In out, up down? Do don't, can can't? Choices…
— Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
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The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little…
— James Lane Allen
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It took a long time to understand why people were so interested in me, but I assumed it was because my wonderful husband had done…
— Princess Diana
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I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play…
— Thornton Wilder
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A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.
— David Almond
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Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself.
— Philip Larkin
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I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher In the Rye.'…
— J D Salinger
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens
— Anne McCaffrey
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The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably great in bed,…
— Sherman Alexie
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Pharmaceutical projects are like fresh fruit - they depreciate if they are not tended to, and they do poorly if sitting on the shelf with…
— Robert Burns
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Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and perhaps a few of them are so. But there are others who…
— Robertson Davies
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Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings,…
— Robertson Davies
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Good ideas are a dime a dozen. What counts is completion. Look at your life and all the half finished projects sitting on your shelf.…
— Yehuda Berg
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