Widely Read Quotes
12 quotes by 11 authors
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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he…
— Hesketh Pearson
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Being published is not a necessary validation or a path everyone wants to take with their work. Writing—and finishing—a novel is a great thing in…
— Garth Nix
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The BIBLE - banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to discredit…
— Charles Colson
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Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely read in England,…
— Oscar Wilde
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Our Cosmic Habitat is certain to be widely quoted and widely read. It is beautifully written, using inspiring and stimulating analogies. While the book is…
— John N. Bahcall
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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as…
— Mark Strand
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The Bible-banned, burned, beloved-is more widely read and more frequently attacked than any other book in history.
— Charles Colson
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It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather that which converts…
— Aldous Huxley
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It didn't occur to me that my books would be widely read at all, and that enabled me to write anything I wanted to. And…
— Louise Erdrich
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She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a…
— David Mitchell
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Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history -…
— Teju Cole
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There is a widely read book that tells us everyone is a sinner. Of course, not everyone feels guilt over the bad things they do.…
— Ash Sweeney
Who Wrote These Widely Read Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 12 Widely Read Quotes as follows: