Acquire Quote by Richard Stallman

Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card…

— Carl Hiaasen

“Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think a book is your calling card, your business card.

— Kevin O'Leary

Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a part of…

— Michael Dirda

To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves.

— Walter Benjamin

The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story…

— Seth Godin

Print books have an amazing superpower because they don't disappear when you're done with them. Books on the shelf remind you that they exist.

— Robin Sloan

I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read…

— Tom Peters

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

— Arnold Bennett

“It needs to be repeated that books are much more than merely vehicles for text. Awareness of the way a book is created, the…

— Roderick Cave & Sara Ayad

Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of religious belief,…

— Tom Peters

“Printed books are dirt cheap, never run out of power and survive drops, spills and being run over. And their file format will still…

— David Pogue