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Books Quotes

I like books that are funny, but that aren’t trying to be funny. I like situational humor Picture Quote #1

I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me, and now I’m dozens ahead of myself! Picture Quote #1

When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into coaching, I did start to read more instructional books, but I was always more interested in the people behind the ideas Picture Quote #1

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books Picture Quote #1

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world Picture Quote #1

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream Picture Quote #1

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life Picture Quote #1

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat Picture Quote #1

I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they’d be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me Picture Quote #1

For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I’ve never really dealt with religious things Picture Quote #1

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Nobody’s favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody’s favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books? Picture Quote #1

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books Picture Quote #1

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it’s always just one person encountering the book, it’s not an audience, it’s one to one Picture Quote #1

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure Picture Quote #1

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another Picture Quote #1

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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn’t find anyone to talk to Picture Quote #1

It’s clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do Picture Quote #1

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them Picture Quote #1

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them Picture Quote #1

My main wish is to get my books into other people’s rooms, and to keep other people’s books out of mine Picture Quote #1

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person Picture Quote #1

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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises Picture Quote #1

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages Picture Quote #1

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours Picture Quote #1

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them Picture Quote #1

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names Picture Quote #1

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are Picture Quote #1

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I like books that are funny, but that aren’t trying to be funny. I like situational humor (Books Quotes) I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me, and now I’m dozens ahead of myself! (Books Quotes) When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into coaching, I did start to read more instructional books, but I was always more interested in the people behind the ideas (Books Quotes) An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books (Books Quotes) I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world (Books Quotes) Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? (Books Quotes) 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 (Books Quotes) When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream (Books Quotes) When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life (Books Quotes) The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat (Books Quotes) I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they’d be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me (Books Quotes) For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I’ve never really dealt with religious things (Books Quotes) Nobody’s favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody’s favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books? (Books Quotes) If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn (Books Quotes) I don’t believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books (Books Quotes) You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it’s always just one person encountering the book, it’s not an audience, it’s one to one (Books Quotes) Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure (Books Quotes) Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another (Books Quotes) Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn’t find anyone to talk to (Books Quotes) It’s clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do (Books Quotes) You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them (Books Quotes) Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them (Books Quotes) My main wish is to get my books into other people’s rooms, and to keep other people’s books out of mine (Books Quotes) Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person (Books Quotes) One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises (Books Quotes) God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages (Books Quotes) It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours (Books Quotes) Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them (Books Quotes) We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names (Books Quotes) He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are (Books Quotes)

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