Quotes about Books

131 quotes about Books

Americans like fat books and thin women.

Americans like fat books and thin women.

Quote by Russell Baker about books

Some books are injust fogotten, but none is injust...

Some books are injust fogotten, but none is injust remembered.

Quote by Wystan Hugh Auden about books

Books are cold friends, but reliable.

Books are cold friends, but reliable.

Quote by Victor Hugo about books

What a big book would be written with all that the...

What a big book would be written with all that the humanity knows.

Quote by Jules Verne about books

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, ...

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Quote by Maya Angelou about books

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in...

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them

Quote by Maya Angelou about books

It is only through books that we partake of the great...

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about books

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about books

I have some history books that I come back to when I'm...

I have some history books that I come back to when I'm trying to debug my worlds.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about books

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of...

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about books

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about books

The books I've written for gaming companies are a like games of miniature golf where the object is to weave an interesting story through an obstacle course.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about books

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about books

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about books

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about books

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Quote by Francis Bacon about books

I understand that when people read my books that there's...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.

Quote by Kathy Acker about books

The reason that there are so few good books written is...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about books

The reason why so few good books are written is that so...

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about books

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Quote by Joseph Addison about books

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