Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Books Quotes
BooksGeneticsInterestScience I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'
AuthorsBooksLiterary Preference There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.
BooksFoundationKnowledge I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
BooksFamilyIndependencePersonal Growth And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.
AppreciationBooksDiscoveryKnowledgeSelf-Improvement The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
BooksFriendshipHumor Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
BooksContentKnowledgeLiterature Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.
BooksKnowledgeReadingTime Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
BooksEducationKnowledge After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.
BooksKnowledgeLegacyValue Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
