Acquisition Quote by James Wood

“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not the possession of but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

— George Washington

“I believe that books, like people, come to us at the perfect time, with a purpose to either bring awareness to something we need…

— Lindsay Carricarte-Jones

“Debit the knowledge; credit the books.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

“Books are the best conductors of knowledge, they transfer knowledge efficiently from one human to another with 0% knowledge loss inbetween.”

— Chandan Sharma

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests.

— George Washington

“The book, and its offspring the periodical, which hold more knowledge than one human memory can retain, have long served as extensions to human…

— Frederick Kilgour

People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge.

— Donna Pomona

“There are two motives for writing a book: one, that you may save what you know, the other, that you may share what you…

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, "Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire…

— Samuel Johnson

“With its weight and solidity, a book signals to the world that there are ideas worth preserving in a form that carries heft, and…

— Steven L. Carter

“study: The reading of books or examination of other materials to gain knowledge. Page 5.”

— Sean Clouden