Books Quote by Graham Greene

“He was one of that class of men who, apart from a scientific career in which they may well have proved brilliantly successful, have…

— Marcel Proust

“The most effective apologist is not one who has the greatest academic prowess alone, but the one who has excellent intellectual preparation and reflects…

— Francis J. Beckwith

“Clive thought of his work in totality, of how varied and rich it seemed whenever he was able to raise his head and take…

— Ian McEwan

James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I…

— Donald Sinden

“Edward genially enough did not dis agree with what I said, but he didn't seem to admit my point, either. I wanted to press…

— Christopher Hitchens

“that England is under the rule of a patriarchy. Nobody in their senses could fail to detect the dominance of the professor. His was…

— Virginia Woolf

“So with Dr. Johnson and John Stuart Mill, and Spencer, and William Shakespeare, and Chaucer, and Milton, and John Bunyan, and others of that…

— Richard Llewellyn

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

— David Amram

Richard Holbrooke is known for many things, but I will remember him as an impressive, sometimes even intimidating diplomat who understood the value of…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional…

— David Morrell

“That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things.”

— Richard P. Feynman

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”

— René Descartes