Subject: Communication » Books (Page 5)

Inside every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out.

All Non-fiction Lance Armstrong Books… Will Soon be Moved to the Fiction Section – Thank You – Manly Library

The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud; that's because 90% of everything is crud.

(1918 – 1985) science fiction author

I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good book… or a friend who’s read one.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

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

There is no thief like a bad book.

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

(1742 – 1799) German writer

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker

I learned about sex the hard way… from books.

(1956 – ) American comedian

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

(1826 – 1877) English economist & journalist

I'm writing a book… I have all the page numbers down, now I just have to fill in the rest.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

(1918 – 2006) American writer

It was a dark and stormy night…

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

(1826 – 1877) English economist & journalist

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

(1942 – 2018) English physicist

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

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

I wrote a few children's books… not on purpose.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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