Quotes about book
book beloved burned
The Bible-banned, burned, beloved-is more widely read and more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Charles Colson
book humble science
[Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of Natural Science. No one or a dozen other books influenced me nearly so much as these two. I copied out from Humboldt long passages about Teneriffe and read them aloud on one of [my walking excursions]. Charles Darwin
book eye science
I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain... & therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially through his eyes.
book science law
Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them.
book writing ideas
I shall always feel respect for every one who has written a book, let it be what it may, for I had no idea of the trouble which trying to write common English could cost one—And alas there yet remains the worst part of all correcting the press.
book writing long
I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness.
book men two
I have rarely read anything which has interested me more, though I have not read as yet more than a quarter of the book proper. From quotations which I had seen, I had a high notion of Aristotle's merits, but I had not the most remote notion what a wonderful man he was. Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.
book tyrants rainbow
I had gradually come, by this time [1839-01], to see that the Old Testament from its manifestly false history of the world, with the Tower of Babel, the rainbow as a sign, etc., etc. and from its attributing to God the feelings of a revengeful tyrant, was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the Hindoos, or the beliefs of any barbarian.
book writing addiction
If someone's going to publish a book about addiction, it has to say something new and different. It has to be something we haven't read before. A lot of these books are published because the writing is wonderful. The Frey book has superb writing, and that can be enough to sell a book. Charles Adams
book character compromise
When you adapt a book to a film, you take all the best parts and put them into an hour and 15 minutes and have to compromise on the characters. Channing Tatum
book writing men
The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially to a certain kind of artist manqu on the brink of discovering that life is a more difficult business than he ever had reason to expect. . . . The subject matter is 'relatable,' as my students like to say. Better still, though, is what you can learn about the craft of writing from this marvelous book. . . . Indeed, if you're looking for a funny, nonportentous Hemingway, then the early Powell is your man. Blake Bailey
book past voice
It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 audio books in the past and I do the animated voice for a show called Fatherhood on Nickelodeon. Blair Underwood
book house one-day
One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends. Blake Mycoskie
book lasts firsts
The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first. Blaise Pascal
book men giving
Who confers reputation? who gives respect and veneration to persons, to books, to great men? Who but Opinion? How utterly insufficient are all the riches of the world without her approbation!
book reading men
[Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of Holy Scripture, and have questioned some cleric about the truths of the faith. After that, they boast that they have searched in books and among men in vain.
book writing years
I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it. Billy Bob Thornton
book years comic
If you're 25 years old dressed up like Superman at a comic book convention, that's great. If you're 78 and you're doing it, something's wrong.
book library noses
In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one. Bill Harley
book needs genius
We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime. Bill James
book phones political
You're not a human till you're in my phone book. There. My hat is now in the political ring. Bill Hicks
book writing deep-love
Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me.
book phones stupidity
BTW A 24 week old embryo is not a human being. You're not a human being until you're in my phone book.
books characters love
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. Kathryn Lasky
books chewed fun injustice lots mainly people social stories twenty
Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system. John Grisham
book certain connect dog effect either family knows people someday
Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one of us has parents and has either said goodbye to those parents or knows that someday they will. John Grogan
book eating flight gave good imagination immersed life lived reading society understanding
When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read. Malorie Blackman
book gun men
It is not the fault of the entrepreneurs that the consumers,the people, the common man,prefer liquor to Bibles and detective stories to serious books, and that governments prefer guns to butter. The entrepreneur does not make greater profits in selling bad things than in selling good things. His profits are the greater the better he succeeds in providing the consumers with those things they ask for most intensely. Ludwig von Mises
books library meant research
We had books in our library already on this art. That meant we could do research in our own collection.
books bought exist historical lived mostly secret stories
When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read 'Peter Pan,' 'The Secret Garden,' the 'Rosemary' books, and Kipling's 'Just So' Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn't read historical fiction. It didn't exist where I was growing up in China. Jean Fritz
books knew left life publishers ready senate several time
When I left the Senate in 1979, there were several publishers who had approached me about writing an autobiography, and I knew that politicians write books for many reasons, but at that time, I just thought I wasn't ready and my story wasn't over, and I knew I had a new life ahead of me. Edward Brooke
books central city deserves earth history huge humans left moment star thousand travel written
When the history books are written in a thousand years, when space travel would have become routine, the moment that humans first left Earth will be of huge importance. Star City is a central part of this story and it deserves more recognition. Helen Sharman
book use be-careful
You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book. Chris Crutcher