Quotes with book-friends

Quotes 421 till 440 of 1030.

  • Mark Twain If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Billie Holiday If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Bill Hader If I get a chance to write a comic book or do a voice in an Adult Swim show, I do it. It's much more fulfilling to me and I get to work with people who I'm a fan of.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • William Hazlitt If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Anne Frank If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Rosa Parks If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • Bret Easton Ellis If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.
    Bret Easton Ellis
    American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director (1964 - )
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  • Alice Duer Miller If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
    Alice Duer Miller
    American writer (1874 - 1942)
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  • Oscar Wilde If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Orson Welles If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girl friends. And they tolerated it and let us go ahead and play with our toys.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • B. B. King If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Toni Morrison If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Thomas Carlyle If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to be read at all.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Bill Haslam If we are recognizing the Bible as a sacred text, then we are violating the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee by designating it as the official state book.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Alphonse Karr If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
    Alphonse Karr
    French writer and editor of Le Figaro (1808 - 1890)
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  • Bill Haslam If we believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then we shouldn't be recognizing it only as a book of historical and economic significance.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Charlotte Brontë If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Cate Blanchett If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders If you ask me about my views on the environment, on women's rights, on gay rights, I am liberal. I don't have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends are liberal.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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