Quotes for All
I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein. Ezra Taft Benson
If Brideshead Revisited is not a great book, it’s so like a great book that many of us, at least while reading it, find it hard to tell the difference. Evelyn Waugh
I read books and talked to people. I mean that’s kind of how one learns anything. There’s lots of great books out there & lots of smart people. Elon Musk
I was in a store in Halifax, Nova Scotia that I love, sort of like an environmental friendly sort of store. But they had a great book section. So I went in there all the time. The woman who worked there – which I feel so bad; I’ve forgotten her name – she handed me … Read more
I was filled with angst in college, that I struggled with the question of my future, the meaning of my life – spoiled sheltered rich girl collides with great books and is devastated by her own banality. Elizabeth Kostova
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. Elbert Hubbard
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it. Edward P. Morgan
Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as artists, some of the massive disruption that technology is causing is so exciting, the way that people can share creativity now. Edward Norton
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more spend his entire life reading great books than he would packing cookies for Nabisco. Edward Abbey
I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred ‘great books’ – and one brave deed is worth a thousand. Edward Abbey