Quotes About Books

I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it is reading, but I read.

Richard's bookshelves weren't alphabetized. He never had time to alphabetize them. He was always too busy- looking for books he couldn't find.

My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure I was an early and vigorous reader.

Summer is my favorite time to read mysteries.

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.

I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally write minor notes for record albums and occasional articles.

Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

If books are not good company, where shall I find it?

Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise

People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the fellow who can't read a line.

Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat.

A man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over a man who can't them

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscious: this is the ideal life.

There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1--to tell him you have read one of his books; 2--to tell him you have read all of his books; 3--to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart.

C?r?ile mele sunt ca apa. C?r?ile marilor genii sunt ca vinul. Din fericire toat? lumea bea ap?.

way. And there ain't no OTHER way, that ever I heard of, and I've read all the books that gives any information about these things.

Kill the women? No – nobody ever saw anything in the books like that. You fetch them to the cave, and you're always as polite as pie to them; and by-and-by they fall in love with you and never want to go home any more.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage the man who can't read them