Quotes with book-friends

Quotes 681 till 700 of 1030.

  • Buffalo Bill So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.
    Source: An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (2009 edition)
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Aaron Neville So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.
    Aaron Neville
    American soul and country singer (1941 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Brit Morin Social life was different for me in college. I didn't go to as many parties as my friends did. I didn't join a sorority because I knew I couldn't make a long-term commitment. I was constantly traveling back and forth from Silicon Valley to Austin for internships. It was hard, but it was worth it for where I wanted to go.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Brene Brown Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Beau Bridges Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • John Morley Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
    John Morley
    British journalist, statesman (1838 - 1923)
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  • Virginia Woolf Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Brad Feld Some Sundays, I read it quickly - other Sundays, I savor it. I generally spend most of my time in 'The New York Times Book Review,' 'Sunday Business,' 'Sunday Review,' and 'The New York Times Magazine.' I turn all the other pages, only stopping when I find a headline that interests me.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Fleur Adcock Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."
    Fleur Adcock
    New Zealand poet and editor (1934 - )
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  • Steven Wright Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.'
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Jonathan Swift Sometimes I read a book with pleasure, and detest the author.
    Source: Works (1754)
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Art Rooney Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I.
    Art Rooney
    American football team owner (1901 - )
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  • Brunello Cucinelli St. Benedict said to take care of your mind, body and soul. I swim for an hour every morning, do 15 minutes of Tibetan stretching and breathing exercises, and play soccer with friends four or more nights a week.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Will Rogers Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • William Shakespeare Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Vladimir Nabokov Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
    Vladimir Nabokov
    American writer and poet (1899 - 1977)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Beau Bridges Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in the world of media.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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