Books Quote by William Osler

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

— William Osler

Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.

— Fernando Pessoa

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

— Emily Dickinson

Those who become enamoured of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may be compared…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I cannot live without books.

— Thomas Jefferson

Life is too short to waste time reading shitty literature. There are plenty of other books in the sea...~D.

— D Michael Hardy

I can't exist without books.

— Ruth Rendell

It may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to what I would like to have rather than to write no…

— Sheri S. Tepper

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

— Samuel Johnson

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

— Ken Follett

“Books are like a disease. Once you've got it, it's incurrable and lifelong”

— Janice Young Brooks

If people don't read, that's their choice; a lifelong book habit may itself be some sort of affliction.

— Penelope Lively