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- This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
- William Goldman, The Princess Bride
- The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- This book fills a much-needed gap.
- Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
- Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.
- Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
- Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
- All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), Notebooks, 1912
- I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
- All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
- There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, preface
- People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), in a book review
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