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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life Picture Quote #1

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears? Picture Quote #1

The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook Picture Quote #1

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge Picture Quote #1

The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading: but a great book that comes from a great thinker - it is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and with beauty Picture Quote #1

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes Picture Quote #1

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My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, king Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind... And a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep it's edge Picture Quote #1

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries Picture Quote #1

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them Picture Quote #1

How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me Picture Quote #1

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information Picture Quote #1

All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white? Picture Quote #1

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The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it Picture Quote #1

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books Picture Quote #1

I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue Picture Quote #1

Meek young men grow up in colleges and believe it is their duty to accept the views which books have given, and grow up slaves Picture Quote #1

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour Picture Quote #1

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry Picture Quote #1

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I do not hesitate to read... All good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable - any real insight or broad human sentiment Picture Quote #1

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels Picture Quote #1

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so much needed Picture Quote #1

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, never read a book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like Picture Quote #1

There are books... Which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative Picture Quote #1

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I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult Picture Quote #1

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands on professor Picture Quote #1

I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue Picture Quote #1

In every man's memory, with the hours when life culminated are usually associated certain books which met his views Picture Quote #1

Amy Kofman: Have you read all the books in here? Derrida: No, only four of them. But I read those very, very carefully Picture Quote #1

I have at last come to the end of the Faerie Queene: and though I say at last, I almost wish he had lived to write six books more as he had hoped to do - so much have I enjoyed it Picture Quote #1

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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life (Books Quotes) It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears? (Books Quotes) The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook (Books Quotes) Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge (Books Quotes) The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading: but a great book that comes from a great thinker - it is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and with beauty (Books Quotes) When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes (Books Quotes) My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, king Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind... And a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep it's edge (Books Quotes) The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries (Books Quotes) I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them (Books Quotes) How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me (Books Quotes) I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information (Books Quotes) All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white? (Books Quotes) The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it (Books Quotes) Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books (Books Quotes) I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue (Books Quotes) Meek young men grow up in colleges and believe it is their duty to accept the views which books have given, and grow up slaves (Books Quotes) The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour (Books Quotes) The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry (Books Quotes) I do not hesitate to read... All good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable - any real insight or broad human sentiment (Books Quotes) One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God (Books Quotes) When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels (Books Quotes) The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so much needed (Books Quotes) The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, never read a book that is not a year old. Never read any but the famed books. Never read any but what you like (Books Quotes) There are books... Which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative (Books Quotes) I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult (Books Quotes) I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands on professor (Books Quotes) I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue (Books Quotes) In every man's memory, with the hours when life culminated are usually associated certain books which met his views (Books Quotes) Amy Kofman: Have you read all the books in here? Derrida: No, only four of them. But I read those very, very carefully (Books Quotes) I have at last come to the end of the Faerie Queene: and though I say at last, I almost wish he had lived to write six books more as he had hoped to do - so much have I enjoyed it (Books Quotes)

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