American citizens Quote by Oliver DeMille

“In the distance are the lights of town. People must be finishing their workdays, picking up their kids, figuring out dinner. They're talking to…

— Nina LaCour

I can look at my books with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close enough.

— Jim Bishop

Wherever we are, we can improve our chances of getting ahead by keeping a book in hand

— Michael Hyatt

That's what books are for... to travel without moving an inch.

— Jhumpa Lahiri

A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why…

— Henry David Thoreau

“My grandfather always says that's what books are for. To travel without moving an inch.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

American books reflect our common heritage with many other nations and their influence upon our culture. The influences are endless, linking us with the…

— Robert Kennedy

While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced by the…

— Robert Darnton

The reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world are contained in books… America's greatness is not only recorded in books, but…

— Terence Cooke

The truth is, I can’t read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes me feel…

— Marc Maron

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

— Mason Cooley

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

— Thomas Steinbeck