Quotes having the keyword Books
I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them.
by Gene Wolfe (Writer, American , born in 1931) keywords: age, around, been, best, book, books, children, excellent, first, had, harry, kids, older, only, perhaps, potter, read, right, since, them, thing, thought, were, wish , written The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
by John Wooden (Coach, American , born in 1910) keywords: books, keep, new, old, ones, reading, thing, us , worst I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.
by Bob Woodward (Journalist, American , born in 1943) keywords: asking, because, bone, books, calling, close, democrats, dinner, doing, either, felt, figures, get, hated, kinds, long, projects, republicans, these, things, uncomfortable, up, very , written Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.
by Steve Wozniak (Businessman, American , born in 1950) keywords: ability, always, another, been, being, books, buy, children, engineer, freedom, gave, hero, him, invent, knowledge, now, old, own, problems, read, scientific, solutions, stood, swift, them , tom It would be nice to design a real briefcase - you open it up and it's your computer but it also stores your books.
by Steve Wozniak (Businessman, American , born in 1950) keywords: also, books, briefcase, computer, design, nice, open, real, stores, up, would , your The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing.
by Richard Wright (Novelist, American , born in 1908) keywords: again, beaten, books, dream, experience, impulse, looking, new, now, out, seeing, slowly, up , ways I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassettes, with pens and paper, just in case I get the urge to sit down somewhere, and oh, I don't know, read something or write my masterpiece.
by Elizabeth Wurtzel (Writer, American , born in 1967) keywords: always, books, carry, case, cassettes, down, get, just, know, lots, masterpiece, oh, paper, pens, read, roam, sit, something, somewhere, stuff, urge, weighted, wherever , write Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.
by William Wycherley (Dramatist, English , born in 1640) keywords: books, company, conversation, discreetly, doze, em, fitter, make, mistresses, much, them, too, unfit, upon , used Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
by William Wycherley (Dramatist, English , born in 1640) keywords: books, friends, judgment, many, may, men, see, should, such, thy, wherein , yet Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: action, asleep, books, conversation, dead, design, get, living, may, nothing, paper, pride, repair, spend, their, thought, unless, waste, weary , wisdom I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.
by Ahmet Zappa (Musician, American , born in 1974) keywords: books, cover, covers, more, picked, read, their, wanted , worse
