Quotes 361 till 380 of 496.
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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The last I heard of the young man in question, he was trying to eke out a miserable existence as a book agent while he was looking about for a position somewhere with the Government as a janitor or for some other equally humble occupation.
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The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book.
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The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.
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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
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The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.
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The most foolish kind of a book is a kind of leaky boat on the sea of wisdom; some of the wisdom will get in anyhow.
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The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
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The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy.
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The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a political movie from video on demand, remember that it is the Supreme Court's decision in 'Citizens United' that guarantees you the right to do so.
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The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course.
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The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.
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The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
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The post-war publish or perish tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.
Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) -
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
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The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
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The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.
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