Volume Quotes

466 quotes by 408 authors

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when… — James M. Barrie
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It… — Robert Benchley
The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly… — Conrad Black
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the… — Ritchie Blackmore
The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. — James Agee
Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its… — Julie Burchill
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. — William Ellery Channing
One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography. — William Ellery Channing
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. — George Chapman
There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person. The person merely… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. — Laurence Sterne
I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. — Thomas Jefferson
Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature. — Oscar Wilde
And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable. You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. No powder on… — Arthur Conan Doyle
In volume terms, the Tasmanian wine industry is as tiny as its potential is large. — James Halliday
Regarding the mantra..."There is no overtraining" Just because you can handle large amounts of volume doesn't mean it's needed. That's the crux of the issue.… — Steve Shaw
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory? — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their authors. That rare… — Richard Bach
When that happens [the demise of golf], old men will furtively beckon to their sons and, like fugitives from the guillotine recalling the elegant orgies… — Alistair Cooke
Within the book and volume of thy brain... — William Shakespeare

Who Wrote These Volume Quotes

408 authors contributed a total of 466 Volume Quotes, led by these top contributors: