Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Every burned book enlightens the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. Steven Wright American Comedian More Steven Wright Quotes 6
Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book. Jim Rohn American Businessman More Jim Rohn Quotes 3
I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 3
It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal. Ben Shahn Lithuanian Artist More Ben Shahn Quotes 3
We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next. Saul Bellow American Novelist More Saul Bellow Quotes 3
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 3
Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend. William Feather American Author More William Feather Quotes 3
Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately. Arthur Schopenhauer German Philosopher More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes 3
You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius Chinese Philosopher More Confucius Quotes 2
How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? John James Audubon American Scientist More John James Audubon Quotes 2
A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader into three. Italian Proverb More Italian Proverb Quotes 2
Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about. Britney Spears Musician More Britney Spears Quotes 1
There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. Marcel Proust French Author More Marcel Proust Quotes 1
I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written. Jeanette Winterson British Novelist More Jeanette Winterson Quotes 1
Education at school continues what has been done at home: it crystallizes the optical illusion, consolidates it with book learning, theoretically legitimizes the traditional trash and trains the children to know without understanding and to accept denominations for definitions. Astray in his conceptions, entangled in words, man loses the flair for truth, the taste for nature. What a powerful intellect must you possess, to be suspicious of this moral carbon dioxide and with your head swimming already, to hurl yourself out of it into the fresh air, with which, into the bargain, everyone round is trying to scare you! Alexander Herzen More Alexander Herzen Quotes 1
I did my book to help other people, ... People are always struggling and they need help and something to give them courage, so that's why I did it. Farah Ahmedi More Farah Ahmedi Quotes 1
This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it. Catherine Deneuve French Actress More Catherine Deneuve Quotes 1
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 1
Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself. Marilyn vos Savant American Writer More Marilyn vos Savant Quotes 1
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Don Marquis American Poet More Don Marquis Quotes 1
Then I read the book, 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' and that really got me thinking, ... Until then I hadn't really thought a lot about planning for the future. Brad Jarvis More Brad Jarvis Quotes 1
I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head. Princess Diana British Royalty More Princess Diana Quotes 1