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
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
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
We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next. Saul Bellow American Novelist More Saul Bellow 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
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
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 2
You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius Chinese Philosopher More Confucius Quotes 1
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. Umberto Eco Italian Novelist More Umberto Eco 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
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
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
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 1
It's funny with Michael ... in his first book I was his mentor and in the second I had become his tormentor. Steve Waugh More Steve Waugh Quotes 1