Subject: Communication » Books (Page 5)

I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

(1925 – ) novelist & screenwriter
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Just read a book about Stockholm Syndrome; it started off badly, but by the end I really liked it.

(1927 – 2018) British comedian, singer & songwriter
Books Communication Reading/Writing Wordplay

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.

(1881 – 1958) English novelist
Books Communication Reviews/Criticism

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine… (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Books Communication Self

It’s a very good historical book about history.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Books Communication Misspokements Reading/Writing

I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Books Children Reading/Writing

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor
Books Communication Emotions Love Marriage Reading/Writing

Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one.

(1927 – 2007) American newspaper columnist
Books Communication Eating Food/Drink Reading/Writing Sex

I am being frank about myself in this book; I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar
Books Communication People Self

In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.

cartoon character, Peanuts, Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000) cartoonist
Books Life

The smaller the ball used in a sport, the better the book.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing Sports

I found nothing really wrong with this autobiography except poor choice of subject.

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host
Books Reviews/Criticism

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

(1908 – 1999) English writer
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

(1910 – 1991) American art historian, photographer, author & editor
Books Communication Reading/Writing

It was a dark and stormy night…

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Neither am I.

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian
Books Communication Insults

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Books Communication Reading/Writing

If I had a bookstore I would make all the mystery novels hard to find.

(1973 – ) American comedian
Books Communication Language Reading/Writing

The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

Books Communication Money Murphy’s Laws