Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 115
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 57
Some books leave us free and some books make us free. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
A room without books is like a body without a soul. Gilbert K. Chesterton English Writer More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 4
The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. George Orwell British Author More George Orwell Quotes 3
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. Arthur Schopenhauer German Philosopher More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes 3
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. Floyd Abrams American Lawyer More Floyd Abrams Quotes 3
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. Charles Caleb Colton English Writer More Charles Caleb Colton Quotes 3
The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other people's eyes. All good books do this. Sandra Cisneros More Sandra Cisneros Quotes 3
"I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassettes, with pens and paper, just in case I get the urge to sit down somewhere, and oh, I don't know, read something or write my masterpiece. I want all my important possessions, my worldly goods, with me at all times. I want to hold what little sense of home I have left with me always. I feel so heavy all the time, so burdened. This must be a little bit like what it's like to be a bag lady, to drag your feet here, there, and everywhere, nowhere at all.". Elizabeth Wurtzel American Author More Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes 2
We focus on feelings. We read books about it and talk. Sometimes, they don't know why they feel the way they do. Tassy Hawthorne More Tassy Hawthorne 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
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 2
We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them. Robert Kiyosaki American Author More Robert Kiyosaki Quotes 2
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them. Anna Quindlen American Journalist More Anna Quindlen 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
Books are challenging and inspirational to me. Amy Sedaris American Actress More Amy Sedaris Quotes 1
There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened. Julius Erving American Athlete More Julius Erving Quotes 1
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. Oliver Goldsmith Irish Poet More Oliver Goldsmith 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