Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.Quote by Joseph Addison about genius, books
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.Quote by Samuel Johnson about books, fire, fire brigade
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.Quote by Charles W. Eliot about books, teachers
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.Quote by Oprah Winfrey about books, age, olderness, world
Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again.Quote by Marsilio Ficino about books, dream, use, things
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson about books, good, good luck, life
Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.Quote by Jim Bishop about books, future, power, time
Books are a mirror: you see in them only what you already have in you.Quote by Carlos Ruiz Zafon about books
Books are tools for self-discovery, and everyone needs them.Quote by Zenta Maurina about tools, books, self-control
Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section. I write mainstream fiction about women.Quote by Barbara Taylor Bradford about fiction, woman
After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.Quote by Albert Camus about education, books, day, knowledge
It's about comic books, and in my greatly enlarged recent experience it's become clear that women have a very negative attitude toward comic books. They didn't grow up reading them, for the most part.Quote by Michael Chabon about books, attitude, experience
However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.Quote by Richard Ernst about books, city, home
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.Quote by Jackie Collins about love, books, writing, people
I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.Quote by Jackie Collins about books
I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.Quote by Jackie Collins about literary critic, rightness
I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.Quote by Jackie Collins about end