Book Quote by John Aiken Download Open image ““To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list.”” — John Aiken ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Good book
“To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. ~John Aikin” — John Aikin Copy Share Image
“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.” — Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake Copy Share Image
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
“She went on to say that these books were dangerous, and should be banned or at least restricted, but what is a kid going… — Ivan D'Amico Copy Share Image
“Good books should be an overwhelming assault upon the personality.” — Steffan Piper Copy Share Image
“Of course you can judge a book by its cover; moreover, we are obliged to.” — Simon Garfield Copy Share Image
“What’s your favorite book?” he mocks, lifting his head back up. “Asking a bibliophile that question is pure evil. There’s no way I can… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
“beginning of this book that the instruction in reading that it provides applies to anything you have to or want to read. However,” — Charles Van Doren Copy Share Image
“Books are our windows on the world. They permit us to safely experience other lives and ways of thinking and feeling. Books give us… — Harry Mazer Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets.Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
