Quotes About Books

But, after a while, I actually began to enjoy reading those books, because we were very poor. But between the covers of those books I could go anywhere, I could be anybody, I could do anything.

We were very poor. But between the covers of books I could go anywhere, I could be anybody, I could do anything. I began to read about people of great accomplishment. As I read those stories, I began to see a connecting thread. I began to see that the person who had the most to do with you and what happened to you in life, is you. You make decisions. You decide how much energy you want to put behind that decision.

If the words of this book are misspelled, but accidentally spell other words correctly, and also accidentally fall into a grammatically coherent arrangement, where coherency is defined as whatever doesn't upset people, it means this book is legally another book, and not this book.

Three solid books full of timely and specific examples are Martin Fridson and Fernando Alvarez's Financial Statement Analysis, Charles Mulford and Eugene Comiskey's The Financial Numbers Game, and Howard Schilit's Financial Shenanigans.

Read­ing is use­ful,' Pyrlig said.

The Reign of Edward III by W. Mark Ormrod; and Edward III by the same

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them." Shmuel

Lei si recava in biblioteca in media due volte a settimana, prendendo solo un libro o due per volta, perché ritornare a chiederne un altro era una delle sue poche gioie. Anche nei momenti in cui si sentiva più sola le piaceva trovarsi in mezzo ai libri, sebbene qualche volta fosse deprimente vedere il numero dei volumi che non aveva ancora letto.

Certe persone desidererebbero che i loro figli leggessero di più. Io vorrei che tu leggessi di meno.

Le monde se divise en deux catégories de gens : ceux qui lisent des livres et ceux qui écoutent ceux qui ont lu des livres.

Dis-lui que les livres ont la puissance que leur accorde leur lecteur et que celle-ci peut être sans fin.

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it [on Goodreads].

Nature and books and (later) mathematics saved me from complete despondency.

His most important books are his two Logics, and these must be understood if the reasons for his views on other subjects are to be rightly apprehended.

There are 2 motives for reading a book; 1. That you enjoy it, 2. that can boast about it on goodreads.

The flood of popular scientific books in America is inspired partly, though of course not wholly, by the unwillingness to admit that there is anything in science that only experts can understand. The idea that special training may be necessary to understand, say, the theory of relativity, causes a sort of irritation, although nobody is irritated by the fact that special training is necessary in order to be a first-rate football player.

Há dois motivos para ler um livro. Um: porque você gosta; o outro: pra você se gabar disto.

'First Light' has gotten a reputation as a kind of cult classic about science. I never really intended it to be read as a science book, but books, like children, have a way of choosing their own friends.

Mentoring is the last refuge of the older artist. With luck, disciples will keep one's books in print, one's reputation alive.

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

The library was one more essential in the parade of rooms in a big 18th-century house - and part of the required kit ever afterwards. The important thing was to have the books, not actually read them.

'Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the books are purposely written so that readers do not have to read them in order.

I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book to come.