Books Quote by Mark Twain

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water.

— Marilyn French

My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine everybody drinks water.

— Mark Twain

“My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.”

— Mark Twain

High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.

— Mark Twain

I've yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.

— Michael Tolkin

“My works are like water. The works of the great masters are like wine. But everyone drinks water. - From Mark Twain's Notebook, 1885”

— Mark Twain

I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water…

— Natalie Goldberg

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

— Louis Pasteur

“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to…

— Gail Carriger

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man: wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the…

— Henry David Thoreau

Turning water to wine? I mean c'mon, that's stupid. They should have let me write the bible.

— Zach Braff

“Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water…

— Jarod Kintz