Quotes Tagged "book"

I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world. [Washington Post interview, 19 February 2001]

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.

Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.

I have more wisdom than any books ever written in history of times, any scripture ever written which you rhyme but this is not my purpose.

Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood. With such a book the impact isn't necessarily obvious at first...but the more you read it and re-read it, and live with it, and travel with it, the more it speaks to you, and the more you realize that you cannot live without that book. It's then that the wisdom hidden inside, the seed, is passed on.

A strong animal with a weak mind is feeble in front of his foes.

Celebrities want to be treated like normal people and normal people want to be treated like celebrities. There's a balance to all things.

Every dream is laughable until they've seen you achieve it.

Success is just a stepping stone to what you've already achieved.

Make it happen, or it won't.

Whatever you desire, you must first become.

Dreams are conceived when you factor in and implement the small steps that will lead you to your victory!

The greatest secret to life's success is to help someone else achieve it.

The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.

I read the title from the cover. ' 'The joy of... crap.' ' I read the rest of the full title of the thick, nondescript volume to myself and felt myself redden. Noah turned over on to his side and said with mock seriousness, 'I have never read 'The Joy Of Crap'. Sounds disgusting.' I blushed deeper. 'I have, however, read 'The Joy Of Sex.' ' He continued, a smile transforming his face. 'Not in a while, but I think it's one of those classics you can come back to again... and again.

It's not a romance, it's a love story.

If you dont read book then try reading 'I Lost My Soul'. You will fall in love with books.

Stanley forced a smile to his lips at the memory of the onesided romance; it was silly, after all, a stupid childhood crush. Who’d fall in love with a fictional character? That was the kind of thing you laughed about as an adult. Or at least Harriet had thought so. He couldn’t quite do it, though. Couldn’t quite see it as a joke. It had felt too real, too raw and wild and fierce, for him to dismiss it even now. It was love, of a sort, stunted and unformed as it was. For a time, it had kept him sane.

Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Think of what starlight And lamplight would lack Diamonds and fireflies If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . .