Quotes about books
books change honestly hymn influenced older sung time
I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church.
books empower hope problems work
I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves. Jean Craighead George
books books-and-reading both burned colored destroyed heard library
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed - and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet. Robertson Davies
books cliched gritty paint umbrella walls
I have read books that are so cliched and lazy, my eyes have bled. But I also have read books marketed under the chick-lit umbrella that are so honest, clever and gritty that I've wanted to give up writing and paint walls instead. Jojo Moyes
books certain context exist particular
I have to say that there are certain books that exist to tell a particular story and then there are books that exist in the context of character. Jeffery Deaver
books change commas life lived phrase serious suggested suspect written yes
I have to tell you, I'm a happy man. I've lived the life I wanted to live. I've written the books I wanted to write. No publisher has ever even suggested that I change so much as a phrase - commas and periods, yes - and I suspect that I have a lot of serious readers; in fact, I know.
books-and-reading cause people react
Hopefully, young people will read more books, and it will cause them to think a little longer, than just react to pretty pictures. Adam Baldwin
books crazy hands readers start successful true
I don't think my books would've have been as successful as they are if the readers didn't think they were in the hands of a true crazy person. When I start a story, I don't know where it's going. Stephen King
books buy closet clothes dreams fills good optimistic pet shelf sizes small walk wear
I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and then walk over and pet them. I'm like the optimistic dieter who fills her closet with clothes two sizes too small and dreams of the day she can wear them. I know just what I want to do when I retire. Mary Roach
books books-and-reading business businesses data information local minds open share specific unless worry
It's a worry on the minds of local business owners. But, unless local businesses open their books and share that information with us, we don't have any specific data available.
books books-and-reading budget county cut good percent sale year
It is really important to have a good sale this year because the libraries' budget for new books from the county has been cut by 80 percent this year.
books-and-reading boy far fired growing picture takes travel trek trip
It's a picture book. No story. Just photographs of a little boy growing up with a cheetah. We had to concoct a story. Actually, I stole part of the idea of the trek from a movie that I got fired off of many years ago, 'A Far Off Place,' where a boy takes a travel trip with a little Bushman guy.
books desires hard line people satisfy signature standing turn
I try to satisfy the desires that people have to have their books personalized. That's a value, or feature, of bibliophilia that may vanish. How do you get your e-book signed? The idea of people standing in line to get my signature in their book, it's hard to turn them away. Chris Van Allsburg
books whether
I try not to think about the trope or whether or not my books are like 'Fifty' or 'Crossfire' or any other series. Julie Kenner
books bricklayer library took wiring worked
It took 16,000 bricks. I worked with my grandfather, who was a bricklayer and carpenter. We also relied on books from the library for the heating, wiring and plumbing.
books-and-reading great nice record
It will be nice to be in the record books, I guess, but it's not really a great big deal,
books three
It will be really dramatic. Three years from now, everything in the books will be done. This will really become a much more significant part of campus.
books comic create novel point records small songs whether
It was just a small idea, to write these records and songs that have a concept, ... and at some point create those records in another medium, whether it would be comic books or a novel or something else. Claudio Sanchez
books-and-reading changed legal problems title
They changed the title of the book, but it is the same book. They still haven't rectified any of the legal problems of the statute of limitations, of the staleness of the charges.
books books-and-reading changed conflict ends midnight night policy sunday thursday visitation weekends
The visitation policy hasn't changed (in the books). There is a policy on the books that visitation Sunday night through Thursday night ends at midnight and then weekends it is 24 hours. So, it's not that the policy is not there. If there is a problem, a roommate conflict or something like that, the policy is still in place and can be enforced.
bookstores broke coffee decided mold sell
They broke the mold when they decided to do music. If bookstores have coffee, then why can't a coffee store sell books and movies? Ron Paul
books books-and-reading fall picked spring teaching
They want us to have our books picked out by mid-semester of fall for our spring classes. But many of us don't even know what we'll be teaching yet.
books-and-reading classic created disaster facts feeding inability news rule soon studied violated
They violated every rule in the book. I've studied feeding frenzies. This is a classic feeding frenzy, and it was created in part by their inability to get the news out. You have to tell the truth, and you need to get the facts out completely as soon as possible. This was a public-relations disaster because they didn't do that. Larry Sabato
books goals horse record standing
They have to keep their record books and think about their goals it's not just a horse standing in their backyard.
books books-and-reading fat lean works
They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works Robert Burton
books evaluation local sent
Things do go wrong, ... We had sent all these books to Nepal, but then we did an evaluation with local teachers. John Wood
books-and-reading create difference opportunity time
It's an opportunity to create something over time that would potentially make a big difference to books, literacy, and reading.
books-and-reading harry next potter wait
It's like the next Harry Potter book. You'll have to wait for it and be grateful. Chris Albrecht
books game good history last monday night special
It's good to know we're going to be the last one. That makes it that much more special for us. We're going to be in the history books as the last Monday night game on ABC. Jonathan Vilma
bookstores clearly dig friendly love people totally upfront work
It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we are clearly soul mates. Jami Attenberg
books broadway door dream hope mine open people possibilities production secret
It's been a secret dream of mine to be part of Broadway, ... I hope to be able to do for this production some of what I've been able to do for books - that is, to open the door to the possibilities for a world of people who have never been or even thought of going to a Broadway show. Oprah Winfrey
books great people talk
It's great being able to keep up. Even without my sight, I can talk about books with people who can still read and know what's going on, Dorothy Bryant
bookstores rush
It's rush for fraternities and it's rush for bookstores too. Robert Hall