Book Quote by J. I. Packer

“The first essential in any book is that it have something significant to say --a book that leaves the reader with bigger ideas than…

— Rebecca Caudill

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.

— Anonymous

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books.

— Jonathan Lethem

“Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part…

— René Descartes

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

“Something he must read, when he was not riding the pony, or running and hunting, or listening to the talk of men... it had…

— George Eliot

“Even before his eyes began to fail he had his secretaries read to him, and then he read no other way because of the…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“This consists in not taking a book into one’s hand merely because it is interesting the great public at the time — such as…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Books whose topics I thoroughy depsise are accapteble because they often force the reader to think and to examine his own beliefs. In an…

— Tiffini Johnson

In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with…

— Thomas Paine

“If we're genuinely interested in a book we can even bring ourselves to be greatful when others draw our attention to things we've missed…

— Ian Watt