Book Carvings

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. - Warren Buffett

Well, all I know is what I read in the papers. - Will Rogers

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. - William Ellery Channing

No wonder the teacher knows so much - she has the book. - Edgar W Howe

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel. - Jane Smiley

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. - American Proverb

Everything comes to him who waits. Except a loaned book. - Kin Hubbard

Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end. - Peter De Vries

The main purpose of love is to provide a theme for novels. - Piers Paul Read

A classic is a book which people praise and don't read. - Mark Twain

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book. - Shereen El Feki

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. - Luciano Pavarotti

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Markus Herz

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. - St. Augustine

My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. - Abraham Lincoln

There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat. - Wesley Bates

My problem with reading books is that I get distracted. By other books. - Unknown

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. - Learned Hand

The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. - Robin Sharma

A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone. - Laura Bush

There's far more truth in the Book of Genesis than in the quantum theory. - Malcolm Muggeridge

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. - George W. Bush

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. - Stephen Hawking

It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book. - Vicesimus Knox

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. - Oscar Wilde

Learn to say 'no.' It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. - Charles H Spurgeon

Internet: The best library in the world, but with all its books strewn across the floor - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction. - Mark Twain

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts. - Anzia Yezierska

I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom. - Eoin Colfer

Book Review: A brief but informative essay that spares readers the ordeal of digesting an actual book - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. - Bertrand Russell

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. - H L Mencken

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. - Groucho Marx

Devices are not dangerous for literature. People can be dangerous for literature. People, for example, who do not read. - Laszlo Krasznahorkai

I took a course in speed reading. Then I got Reader's Digest on microfilm. By the time I got the machine set up, I was done. - Steven Wright

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. - Soren Kierkegaard

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it. - Barbara Ehrenreich

Your surfing can get better on every turn, on every wave you catch. Learn to read the ocean better. A big part of my success has been wave knowledge. - Kelly Slater