Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The virtue of books is to be readable.

Simon Armitage

Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked for three years on his book, have someone buy it for their Kindle for £6.99 and then see it shared with everyone in the world for free.

Simon Armitage

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

Simon Beaufoy

I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'

Simon Baker

I do like comic book movies, but only the ones that I read as a kid.

Sidney Altman

About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Sandeep Jauhar’s Doctored is a passionate and necessary book that asks difficult questions about the future of medicine. The narrative is gripping, and the writing is marvelous. But it was the gravity of the problem—so movingly told—that grabbed and kept my attention throughout this remarkable work.

Shiloh Fernandez

I like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.

Shia LaBeouf

I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity.

Shia LaBeouf

The comic book world is a tough business.

Sheryl Sandberg

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books.

Sheryl Sandberg

I would love to meet J.K. Rowling and tell her how much I admire her writing and am amazed by her imagination. I read every 'Harry Potter' book as it came out and looked forward to each new one. I am rereading them now with my kids and enjoying them every bit as much. She made me look at jelly beans in a whole new way.

Shel Silverstein

'I don't need very much now,' said the boy, 'just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired.' 'Well,' said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest.'And the boy did. And the tree was happy.

Shel Silverstein

I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books, pick one up and experience a personal sense of discovery. That's great. But for them, not for me.

Sharon Creech

I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.

Sharon Creech

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

Sharon Creech

I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber Toes.' I remember it was a family of little wooden people who lived in the woods, and for some reason that stayed with me.

Sharon Creech

In many of my books, I explore the ways in which grandparents or other older persons are shaped by the young, and the young are shaped by the old, in an evolving dance.

Sharon Creech

I love the way that each book -- any book -- is its own journey. You open it, and off you go. You are changed in some way, large or small, by having traveled with those characters.

Sharon Olds

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

Shannen Doherty

I did not read Gone with the Wind, although I've seen the movie, and I read every book on Margaret Mitchell.

Neil Patrick Harris

I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.

Neil Patrick Harris

I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.

Natalie Maines

Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books.

Natalie Imbruglia

When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.

Natalie Goldberg

[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust that. When you were screaming on the page. Maybe that doesn't make a whole book but that is the true seed.

Natalie Goldberg

In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished by how few people -- people who supposedly want to write -- read books, and if they read them, how little they examine them.

Natalie Goldberg

To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.

Natalie Goldberg

I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how writing is a practice and how my teaching is part of that practice. I direct the writing and create books but underneath, there's always the river of practice happening. No good, no bad. Just do it.

Natalie Goldberg

I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too.

Natalie Goldberg

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.