20 More Quotes about Books, Reading and Writing
Back in July I devoted a post to 26 quotes about books, reading and writing. Here are 20 more:
Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. – Stephen Fry
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. – Francis Bacon
The covers of this book are too far apart. – Ambrose Bierce
Think before you speak. Read before you think. – Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. – Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. – Bertrand Russell
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book – I’ll waste no time reading it. – Moses Hadas
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. – Oscar Wilde
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. – Groucho Marx
Books are the mirrors of the soul. – Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts
I cannot live without books. – Thomas Jefferson
I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at people. – Charles Bukowski
Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book. – Kin Hubbard
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. – Marcus Tulles Cicero
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. – Arthur James Balfour
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. – Harry S Truman
I’ve often thought of writing my autobiography and selling it as a cure for insomnia. – Melanie White
A person who reads 50 Shades of Grey has no advantage over one who can’t read. – Guy Portman
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