Subject: Communication » Books (Page 6)

This is the best biography by me I have ever read.

(1903 – 1992) American bandleader & TV host

All books over five hundred pages that weren’t written by Dickens or a dead Russian are better left on the shelf.

journalist & author

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well.

(1914 – ) historian

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

Research is reading two books that have never been read in order to write a third that will never be read.

Homer also wrote the Oddity.

It is part of prudence to thank an author for his book before reading it, so as to avoid the necessity of lying about it afterwards.

(1863 – 1952) Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist

Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

A bit of advice: never read a pop-up book about giraffes.

(1963 – ) English comedian & actor

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Book: What they make a movie out of for television.

(1904 – 1974) American author & radio producer

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

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

You ever read a book that changed your life? … me neither.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

(1817 – 1893) English tutor, education reformer, theologian & translator

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

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

If you were forced to read the book in high school, you’ll probably hate the movie too.

Autobiography is now as common as adultery and hardly less reprehensible.

(1924 – 2001) British writer

Been reading up on the thesaurus lately because a mind is a terrible thing to garbage.

Bill wrote a book at Yale; I read one.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president