Book Quote by James Gleick

The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is…

— Umberto Eco

“the book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. once invented, it cannot be improved”

— Umberto Eco

The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

— Katherine Paterson

Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.

— Henry David Thoreau

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.

— Anonymous

“If your only tool is a hammer, all your problems will be nails,”

— Rolf Dobelli

“As the saying goes, when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Reader,”

— Neal Stephenson

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.

— Nikhil Saluja

To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

— Abraham Maslow

The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food, or service;…

— Lewis Buzbee

When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a skilled intelligence professional, everything looks like a vital source for collection.

— Chelsea Manning