Tomes Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.
— Theodore Bikel
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With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for the…
— Melissa Rosenberg
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Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes…
— Blaise Cendrars
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Incredibly deep research combines with the talents of a fine historian and writer to produce superb narrative history. The true character and relationship of these…
— Robert M. Utley
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One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But…
— Will Schwalbe
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Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.
— George Santayana
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I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small.
— Peter Ackroyd
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I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.
— Toby Young
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There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the…
— Patrick Rothfuss
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Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices…
— Steven Erikson
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Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those Google scanners crouched…
— Laurie R. King
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If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to…
— Felix Adler
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I cry when I see someone happy, for all the times I thought we were meant to be. I cry when I remember, all the…
— Samantha Robinson
Who Wrote These Tomes Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Tomes Quotes as follows: