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Great men are the inspired texts of that divine Book of Revelations, whereof a chapter is completed from epoch to epoch, and by some named History.
— Thomas Carlyle
One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
— Oliver North
I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.
— Penelope Wilton
The peace of great books be for you,
Stains of pressed clover leaves on pages,
Bleach of the light of years held in leather. — Carl Sandburg
Stains of pressed clover leaves on pages,
Bleach of the light of years held in leather. — Carl Sandburg
The story in that book of yours comes down to a sudden slipup caused by two great vices: women and laziness.
— Kamel Daoud
The book of Job does not set out to answer the problem of suffering, but to proclaim a God so great that no answer is needed.
— Billy Graham
The moment of meeting, and that of parting are the two greatest epochs of life as sayeth the great book of Zend.
— Voltaire
We each contribute our own book to the great library of humanity.
— Steve Maraboli
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
— Vladimir Nabokov
I didn't read this book
I inhaled it. This a terrific new take on a great old rock n roll story, a clash of the musical titans. — William McKeen
I inhaled it. This a terrific new take on a great old rock n roll story, a clash of the musical titans. — William McKeen
I don't usually read self-help books, but I read a great book by a guy called Wayne Dyer: 'The Power of Intention,' which I loved.
— Chris Pine
All great changes in life were inspired either by a book or by a personal point of view. The greatest were inspired by a woman.
— Sameh Elsayed
In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds.
— Kit Carson
Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender.
— Akhil Sharma
Being influential is not the mark of a great book.
— Mortimer Adler
I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
— Ace Frehley
I get a glimpse of the mind of many souls from their sacred books.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not.
— Charles Caleb Colton
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
— Victor Hugo
We worshipped in the temple of cutthroat competition, and so some cooked the books, because the treasure is so great.
— Desmond Tutu
'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.
— Pat Barker
All these sorts of book feature in The Year of Reading Dangerously, which could yet be called Fifty Shades of Great.
— Andy Miller
One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, 'The Great Degeneration,' is that the rule of law in the U.S. is becoming the rule of lawyers.
— Niall Ferguson
Everything comes from the great book of nature.
— Antonio Gaudi
You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.'
— Kim Edwards
Only the sixth sense can expose what the other five have hidden.
— Matthew A. Petti
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
— John Ruskin
We had 1 book, the phone book, I've read it, it wasn't a great read, lots of characters, and on the end loads of polish people turn up.
— Stephen K. Amos
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
— Carl Hiaasen
The impact of music is so great that you'll leave your book and start dancing.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
In fact, much of this book, and perhaps that is its main surprise, examines the great lengths to which the Ottomans went to stay out of the war.
— Mustafa Aksakal
I don't know where I got the idea for 'The Great Thumbprint Drawing Book'; I just told my brain to think of a book, and it did.
— Ed Emberley
Let us read thoughtfully; this is a great secret in the right use of books.
— George Gilfillan
If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.
— Laura Miller
I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole world.
— John Donne
The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films.
— J.P. Donleavy
Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience.
— Thomas Ehrlich
(the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price) was published in 1981.
— The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The world is a great book ... they who never stir from home read only a page.
— Augustine Of Hippo
The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
— Thomas B. Macaulay
The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of Job because all life is a riddle.
— G.K. Chesterton
The function of a great library is to store obscure books.
— Nicholson Baker
It is one of the great charms of books that they have to end.
— Frank Kermode
I challenge the homes of Israel to display on their walls great quotations and scenes from the Book of Mormon.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The world will not change by our position in the Universe. Actions change when beliefs change; collective actions and beliefs change the world.
— Matthew A. Petti
It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!
— Martin Luther
That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.
— Queen Victoria
This is a great tool for students as the book gets right to the heart of learning how to learn and engaging your whole brain.
— Dominic O'Brien
Life is a great Book. We are writing the history of our time.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
[My wife] is a great student of the Bible. Her life is ruled by the Bible more than any person I've ever known. That's her rule book, her compass.
— Billy Graham
So great a contribution to physics was Two New Sciences that scholars have long maintained that the book anticipated Isaac Newton's laws of motion.
— Stephen Hawking
I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.
— Natalie Goldberg
So much of what we read nowadays is there one moment and gone the next. When you read something good, cherish it.
— Carla H. Krueger
I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar.
— Malcolm Bradbury
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
— Neil Jordan
One great book can change the perspective and understanding of a whole nation
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message.
— Stephen Schwartz
Isabel Wilkerson's book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep courage of a great people. Don't miss it!
— Cornel West
The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
A great library cannot be constructed; it is the growth of ages.
— John Hill Burton
I'm totally obsessed with Dickens, and 'Great Expectations' was one of the first book's I read when I was still in school in Porthcawl.
— Paul Rhys
There's a great book about that, "The Breaking Point" by Stephen Koch . It won't improve your opinion of [Ernest] Hemingway.
— George Packer
Great is bookishness and the charm of books.
— Augustine Birrell
Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy.
— Bertrand Russell
Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that.
— Thomas Lennon
If this book is a thriller, it's also a requiem, the story of the last days of a great figure and the end of his movement.
— Hampton Sides
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
— Benjamin Disraeli
The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
— Andre Maurois
The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
— Antonio Gaudi
Great book stands the test of time unlike my good self ...
— Douglas Adams
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.
— Garth Stein
The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.
— Arnold Bennett
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.
— Rose Kennedy
Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely.
— David McCullough