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book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
book easy easy-to-get
It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not.
book writing mirrors
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.
book healthy may
Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.
quality firsts quantity
Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality. Julian Baggini
quality infinite wit
Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities. Agnes Repplier
quality care radiation
The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care. Charles W. Pickering
quality firsts company
See's candy company was the first high-quality business we ever bought. Charlie Munger
quality different equal
All sources are not equal. When you get information, you take the information, you evaluate it, and you do the best you can with it. So, there's a variance in the quality and the amount of the information. It's a case-by-case basis. Each one's different. There's no set formulas. Bill Belichick
quality fruit berries
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality. William Shakespeare
quality opera soap
Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them. Camille Paglia
quality admire
There is somebody in our lives that we could call the Energizer Bunny and we admire for those qualities. Cal Ripken, Jr.
quality members duty
It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably Carl Levin
fiction different process
Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes. Chad Harbach
fiction troubled
Writing fiction was a way to take the ideas that troubled me or confused me and put them under pressure. Phil Klay
fiction maybe moon moving science source starting
We're starting to look at the moon as a source of fuel. Maybe it's science fiction right now, but we need to start moving in that direction. Nikolay Sevastiyanov
fiction i-can faux
Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand. Dennis Lehane
fiction crime social
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. Denise Mina
fiction science-fiction hard
Farscape is not what you call hard science fiction. Ben Browder
fiction
I don't generally read a lot of fiction. Bill Gates
fiction notice people science work
A lot of science fiction is science-based, and it comes about because people notice something interesting about science and work it into a story. Frederik Pohl
fiction knowledge limited science sorry talk
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful. Philip Dick