Boast Quote by Francis Darwin

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

It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.

— Alan Bennett

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

— David Macaulay

He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.

— Paulo Coelho

He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book.

— John Donne

Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of religious belief,…

— Tom Peters

“Of all books printed, probably not more than half are ever read. Many are embalmed in public libraries; many go into private quarters to…

— Flora Haines Loughead

A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his shelves constantly…

— S. R. Ranganathan

Some men have only one book in them, others a library

— Anonymous

“Some men," Flamel irresistibly added, "think of books merely as tools, others as tooling. I'm between the two; there are days when I use…

— Edith Wharton

The great dividing line between books that are made to be read and books that are made to be bought is not the purely…

— Agnes Repplier

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

— David Levithan