The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. Frank Dane
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.Books – ReadingQuotations by Frank Dane
Year: 2008
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff. Jim Critchfield
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.Books – ReadingQuotations by Jim Critchfield
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book. Coolio
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.Books – ReadingQuotations by Coolio
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. Charles Caleb Colton
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.Books – ReadingQuotations by Charles Caleb Colton
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. William Cobbett
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Cobbett
A room without books is like a body without a soul. Marcus T. Cicero
A room without books is like a body without a soul.Books – ReadingQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
A book is the only immortality. Rufus Choate
A book is the only immortality.Books – ReadingQuotations by Rufus Choate
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.Books – ReadingQuotations by Gilbert …
The mere brute pleasure of reading –the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The mere brute pleasure of reading –the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.Books – ReadingQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. Lord Chesterfield
Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.Books – ReadingQuotations by Lord Chesterfield
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring Warren Chappell
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoringBooks – ReadingQuotations by Warren Chappell
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. William Ellery Channing
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Ellery Channing
A good title is the title of a successful book. Raymond Chandler
A good title is the title of a successful book.Books – ReadingQuotations by Raymond Chandler
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.Books – ReadingQuotations by Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. Robert Chambers
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.Books – ReadingQuotations by Robert Chambers
The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity. Thomas Carlyle
The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity.Books – ReadingQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions. Joyce Carey
A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.Books – ReadingQuotations by Joyce Carey
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images. Albert Camus
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.Books – ReadingQuotations by Albert Camus
The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat. Lord Byron
The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.Books – ReadingQuotations by Lord Byron
‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print; A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in it. Lord Byron
‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print; A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in it.Books – ReadingQuotations by Lord Byron
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. Samuel Butler
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.Quotations by Samuel Butler
In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.Books – ReadingQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.Books – ReadingQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Books succeed, and lives fail. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Books succeed, and lives fail.Books – ReadingQuotations by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream. Les Brown
Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.Books – ReadingQuotations by Les Brown
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. Lord Henry P. Brougham
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.Books – ReadingQuotations by Lord Henry P. Brougham
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.Books – ReadingQuotations by Joseph Brodsky
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.Books – ReadingQuotations by Ray Bradbury
Read nothing that you do not care to remember, and remember nothing you do not mean to use. Professor Blackie
Read nothing that you do not care to remember, and remember nothing you do not mean to use.Books – ReadingQuotations by Professor Blackie
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. Augustine Birrell
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.Books – ReadingQuotations by Augustine Birrell
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. Aneurin Bevan
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.Books – ReadingQuotations by Aneurin Bevan
Books are not men and yet they stay alive. Stephen Vincent Benet
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.Books – ReadingQuotations by Stephen Vincent Benet
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. Hilaire Belloc
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.Books – ReadingQuotations by Hilaire Belloc
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Henry Ward Beecher
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?Books – ReadingQuotations by Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.Books – ReadingQuotations by Henry Ward Beecher
Hypocrite reader — my fellow — my brother! Charles Baudelaire
Hypocrite reader — my fellow — my brother!Books – ReadingQuotations by Charles Baudelaire
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it’s also full of fourth-rate readers. Stan Barstow
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it’s also full of fourth-rate readers.Books – ReadingQuotations by Stan Barstow
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear. E.S. Barrett
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.Books – ReadingQuotations by E.S. Barrett
Some books are to be tasted; others to be swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested. Francis Bacon
Some books are to be tasted; others to be swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested.Books – ReadingQuotations by Francis Bacon
Everything in this book may be wrong. [The Savior’s Manual] Richard Bach
Everything in this book may be wrong. [The Savior’s Manual]Books – ReadingQuotations by Richard Bach