Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. — Benjamin Disraeli
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down — Joseph Addison
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier. — Stephen E. Ambrose
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. This spontaneous talking back to a book — Anatole Broyard
I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this. — Carl Sandburg
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs — Umberto Eco
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and — Umberto Eco
I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up. — Beverly Cleary
The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build. — Thomas Keller
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear. — Garson Kanin
My book is very wild. But you know during the period of batman, that there were thousands — Burt Ward
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and — Charles W. Eliot
With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a muslim story — Shawn Machel Johnson