This Is A Book Quotes

It is illegal to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. If there is a fire, please yell something else instead, like “Flames!” or “Smoke maker!” or “Bad hot!

Demetri Martin

Fire, Flames, Hot

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THING TO TRY: If you are asked to describe a suspect to a police sketch artist, describe in precise detail, the features of the police sketch artist. This is one of the rare instances where two people can do one self-portrait.

Demetri Martin

Artist, Self, Two

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REGARDING THE MARCHING BAND: How much more interesting it would be to see a creeping band.

Demetri Martin

Interesting, Would Be, Band

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Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that there would be countless imitators including oltaire, Michelangelo, and, much later, Cher.

Demetri Martin

Plato, Names, Suits

Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.37, Hachette UK

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Like a lot of people, I’ve always enjoyed commenting on strangers’ outfits. Unlike a lot of people, I now had a new megaphone to do it with. And, let me tell you, commenting on people’s hilarious clothing choices through a megaphone makes it so much better.

Demetri Martin

People, Choices, Stranger

Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is A Book”, p.23, Penguin UK

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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

Inspirational, Book, Reading

FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Dec 08, 2014

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A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

Edward P. Morgan

Inspirational, Book, Reading

Edward P. Morgan (1963). “Clearing the air”, Washington, D.C.

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Charles William Eliot

Friendship, Happiness, Teacher

"The Durable Satisfactions of Life (The Happy Life)". Book by Charles William Eliot (p. 37), 1910.

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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Mark Twain

Funny, Life, Friendship

Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.28, St. Martin's Press

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Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Jeremy Collier

Book, Support, Solitude

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

Joseph Brodsky

Education, Reading, Book

"The Balancing Act: Mastering the Competing Demands of Leadership". Book by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler and Ron McMillan, 1996.

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

Charles William Eliot

Book, Reading, Library

Charles William Eliot (1926). “Charles W. Eliot: the man and his beliefs”

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Funny, Book, Reading

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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Edmund Burke

Reading, Book, Thinking

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There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

Jackie Kennedy

Powerful, Children, Book

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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

Funny, Friendship, Education

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

Salman Rushdie

Book, Reading, Writing

Salman Rushdie (1990). “In good faith”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Love of books is the best of all.

Jackie Kennedy

Reading, Book, Literacy

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Seán Manchester is, unsurprisingly, very well read in both classical and more recent sources on vampires and vampirism, and cites them with great authority while taking the reader through a brief tour of vampire lore and mythology. This is a book I'd recommend to anybody with an interest in the author or vampires. The parts which deal with vampires are obviously based on years of substantial research and personal experience.

Joe McNally

Book, Years, Vampire

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Catch-22 is the greatest satirical work in English since Erewhon...remarkable... This is a book that I could wish everyone to read. It is a book which should help us feel more clearly

Philip Toynbee

Book, Wish, Helping

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This is a book that respects kids and their ideas. And in that regard, it places Chasing Vermeer in the tradition of classic favorites fondly recalled from our own childhoods.

Elizabeth Taylor

Book, Kids, Ideas

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Here is Max De Pree at his best, and that is very good indeed. In Leading Without Power, De Pree shows us why we cannot master the how-to-dos of effective leadership without also being clear about what leaders?and followers?must be. In doing so, he not only provides us with much practical wisdom about creative leading and organizational health, he also nurtures our souls. This is a book to be savored by all who care about such things as vision, faithfulness, trust, and hope.

Richard J. Mouw

Book, Creative, Leader

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Like an unexpected wet mop in the face of tired complacency, The Sovereignty Solution works on the receptive mind as a pry bar works on a tightly sealed box. Written with courage and passion, this is a book whose often counterintuitive clarity shakes entombed assumptions like an earthquake. Whether you end up convinced or not, you will never think about American national security the same way ever again.

Adam Garfinkle

Book, Passion, Tired

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Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more vital skill is asking the right questions…. Berger poses many fascinating questions, including this one: What if companies had mission questions rather than mission statements? This is a book everyone ought to read—without question.

Adam Grant

Book, Believe, Skills

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I think because of these big issues of life and death that maybe sex feels like a crass question. But for Christ sake, this is a book that is so interested in an elemental human condition. And one of the ideas about surrender is an erotic surrender, too. These folks are surrendered by destiny; they surrender to each other in certain moments, but there is a lot of erotic surrender.

Chang-Rae Lee

Sex, Book, Destiny

Source: therumpus.net

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