Books Quote by Sebastian Mallaby Download Open image ““He read Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, and Niccolò Machiavelli.”” — Sebastian Mallaby ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adam Smith Books Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Hobbes
“He began to read at haphazard. He entered upon each system with a little thrill of excitement, expecting to find in each some guide by which he could rule his conduct; he felt himself like a traveller in unknown countries and as he pushed forward the enterprise fascinated him; he read emotionally, as other men read pure literature, and his… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share
“Niccolo Machiaveli stood apart from the rest of the crowd, arms lightly folded across his chest, careful not to wrinkle his Saile Row- tailored… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“A funny yet interesting read, Will Self knowa his stuff and must do a lot of deep research.” — Will Self Copy Share Image
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
“Then there were his education and his reading, the books he bought and borrowed, his knowledge of things that could not be eaten or… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“his education had had the curious effect of making things that he read and wrote more real to him than things he saw.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“He read greedily but understood selectively, choosing the bits and pieces of other men's ideas that supported whatever predilection he had at the moment.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“We studied men like him at school – protected gentlemen, rich gentlemen, white gentlemen, who picked up pens and wrote the world for the… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“He developed his revolutionary philosophy, with its grounding not in the Bible or ancient writers but in human reason, and became famous and infamous… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“He was the smartest and best-read person any of us had every known, but he wore his learning so lightly and had such curiosity… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“He commuted to his Canadian office in a Ferrari, though sometimes snowy conditions forced him to use Bentley.” — Sebastian Mallaby Copy Share Image
“Edward Crosby Johnson II, who in the 1950s established Fidelity as a dominant investment firm and made the same point in his own way:… — Sebastian Mallaby Copy Share Image
“Years later, (Paul) Jones described the mental gymnastics that went into writing these scripts. "Every evening I would close my eyes in a quiet… — Sebastian Mallaby 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
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker 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
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb 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
