Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sathya Baba

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. One must put it into practice. That sense of oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love and not by any other means.

Gene Nelson

What do we owe this to? I think the building draws people. We have a better layout and more shelving, so the books are more approachable. It looks really sharp, and users can find things faster.

Maurice Sendak

What most people wanted was a reproduction of the book, because the book made money,

There is no book so bad, said the bachelor, but something good may be found in it.

There is no better way to do this. They're taking a page out of Mel Gibson's play book for 'The Passion of the Christ' to let the media coverage sell the movie. All the coverage is better than ads.

There is more to life than a job. I didn't ever want to look back and point to a bookshelf of videotapes and say, 'That's been my life.' It's so much easier to write a resume than it is to craft a spirit.

The purpose of the book isn't necessarily, 'We're all miserable and here's how to be happier,' ... There are many people who are feeling very happy. But it's addressed to people from the standpoint of whatever level of life satisfaction and contentment you're experiencing, it's always possible through your own efforts to increase that level and improve upon it.

Robertson Davies

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible) have no friend in me, for in their realm the fully comprehensible is not worth comprehending

We talked about the children's book Where's Waldo? That was our philosophy going into it. Where's Reggie? You better know where Waldo is.

We've been underdogs most of the season. We had books ranking us 15th (in the Big East), saying we had the worst backcourt in the nation and look what we did. If they select us, I have no doubt that my team will go to the tournament ready to play.

We've been together through good times and bad. If we didn't have book group, we would miss it.

We treated this the same as we would any case. There was no clear evidence of a crime being committed, so there was nothing to book him on.

Mark Foley

We track library books better than we do sexual predators.

We're optimistic that the new Harry Potter will bring more foot traffic to stores and perhaps become a catalyst to drive sales of other books as well.

Hilaire Belloc

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.

Donal Henahan

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant, soaring tone-that and the blinding, high-beam-headlight smile that she flashed on her fans at each curtain call.

We take the book everywhere we go. It's not just my husband ? we're a 'Chicken Soup' family, I guess.

We suspect that the Taliban has a hundred useable tanks, which isn't that many. On the books they probably have 600, but most of those are inoperative.

Kelly Hu

The comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book.

Kelsey Chow

'One Tree Hill' will always be very, very special to me. It was my first television show. And my first gig in the business. It was surreal. I booked the role when I was 13. I had just started high school, and literally, I think, a week into high school, I found out I got the role. It was unimaginable! I learned so much from that show.

HR (human resource) books are very popular in India and are in great demand.

John Burnside

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

Thomas Frank

I actually don't express contempt for the rank-and-file conservative voters in Kansas. The conservative reviews of the book claim that I do, but by and large I am very respectful of these people. I certainly don't try to make these people sound crazy. In a lot of ways I really respect them.

He was in their starting lineup, and we didn't even have a book on him. He's about 6-foot-3 and he can jump out of the gym.

He was obviously bright, a good lawyer, and served his clients well. When it got to be 5 p.m., he closed his law books and went home. He didn't fuss over things.

I actually wrote it down when Jamie said that. I'm going to use it in my book someday ? if I ever write a book.

Have you tried to book a vacation around the holidays lately? You have to do it six months in advance.

Bob Feller

He kept harping about 'What rules don't they know?' And I said, 'The entire rule book is something that they just don't know, that they should know.' He got a little testy about it and he said, 'If you don't like it, hang up' -- which I did.

Jean Harlow

HARLOW: "I was reading a book the other day . . . the guy said machinery is going to take the place of every profession."/ DRESSLER: "Oh, my dear, that's something you'll never have to worry about.

Graham Joyce

Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on a spectacular industrial scale.

Graham Elliot

I have two bookcases that used to be filled with cookbooks, but now it's mostly books about politics and government. I might just give this all up and run for office.

Graeme Base

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.

David Drake

He will be intensely involved in the book writing process.