Book Quote by Francis Collins

The proper study of mankind is books.

— Aldous Huxley

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

— Akhil Sharma

The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.

— Terry Riley

Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.

— Christopher Paolini

Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas; he that reads books of science, thogh without any…

— Samuel Johnson

Books, says Lord Bacon, can never teach us the use of books; the student must learn by commerce with mankind to reduce his speculations…

— Samuel Johnson

“For 99 percent of the tenure of humans on earth, nobody could read or write. The great invention had not yet been made. Except…

— Carl Sagan

There's more learning than is taught in books.

— Lady Gregory

The human race doesn't need more books telling them what to do. They need the power to do what they already know.

— Timothy Keller

The fullest instruction, and the fullest enjoyment are never derived from books, till we have ventilated the ideas thus obtained in free and easy…

— William Matthews

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the…

— Cesar Chavez

I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

— Garth Stein