Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arthur Koestler

The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible agents and innocent germ carriers, by the most varied forms of contact, or simply by breathing the common air.

Arthur Koestler

In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a text written in invisible ink, of which in our rare moments of grace we are able to decipher a small segment.

Arthur Koestler

The cell door slammed behind Rubishov.

Arthur Miller

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.

Art Spiegelman

I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need a textbook that's going to be out of date because of new technological inventions, you're better off having it where you can download the supplements or the update.

Art Spiegelman

I think as soon as I figured out - and this must have been incredibly young - that comic books were made by humans, rather than being natural phenomenon likes trees or rocks, I just wanted to be one of the people who did that. So I was copying all kinds of cartoons that I was reading, comic books, and eventually learned how to draw cartoon books step-by-step and just, I don't know, I'm not an especially quick learner, but I sure was a dedicated one.

Libraries and books have always been a part of my life and have made a difference in my life. I have always had a passion for books, both reading and collecting.

Louisiana's performance in the wake of the hurricanes is impressive. Statewide results are receiving a strong boost from construction crews and other personnel in the region for the post-hurricane reconstruction. We think displaced gamblers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are also driving growth.

Lott's re-election is something close to a sure thing, but if he had vacated his seat, the contest to replace him would have been very competitive, giving Democrats a boost in their efforts to pick up seats in November.

William Shakespeare

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books;But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.

Let's face it: It was the disappearance of the century. People just stick a chapter in a book saying they know what happened, and the book sells.

Vera Wang

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

Bille August

Les Miserables. I never read the book before, but when I read this script it was so outstanding, so brilliant, I wanted to make it.

Maureen Corrigan

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

Many of the people at these booths are reputable, but there's a small percentage that engage in the resell of tickets.

Many people wait until the last minute to get their tickets. But what you should do is book early and just make sure you monitor the prices.

Alison Weir

Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there, so strong is my feeling for my subject. On occasion, I have been so moved by the events I have been describing that I have felt like crying.

Many professors don't realize they can just buy the book. We need to create a reminder system for faculty.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many time the reading of a book has made the future of a man.

Scott's presence gave a big boost to the team.

John Galbraith

Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book.

Several of our trading books were on the wrong side of interest rates. It was a bunch of positions that didn't work out.

Jandy Nelson

Second novels are bears. As are other people's expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key. Writers spend years and years on their first novels and then are often expected to turn out a second at warp speed, a recipe for failure.

Robert Parker

So it's - the book is the book, the movie is the movie, the money is the money, and - you know?

Sarah Susanka

So many homes today are the developers vision of what we should need in terms of square footage and rooms and adjacencies, ... 'The Not So Big House' is about how to introduce spirit and personality into our homes. The book is also about giving up the spaces we don't really use and end up making a house feel soulless.

So I think that some of the fears that people have posed about what this type of publication directly on the Internet will mean for the book publishing industry have been vastly overstated.

Rita Dove

She took a group of us to see a living author, just a book signing. But that's really all it took to get me started on realizing my dream.

She told us she was in suspense (while writing the book) too, as if she was reading it.

She's very professional. Her play has given us a huge boost this season.

She's really a boost for us. Whatever we need her to do she does. Her technique work is great in all four strokes.

Dick Wolf

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

Dick Wolf

There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.

Dick Van Dyke

Life is like a box of chocolates, I'm a nerd and I read books