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Results of search for Quote or Author: book - Page 5 of 41
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
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Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
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Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.
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George Burns (1896 - 1996)
First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity.
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Martin Myers
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.
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Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
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Arnold Lobel
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
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Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 07-15-06
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
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Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
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