Philip James Bailey Quotes
Worthy books Are not companions – they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.Philip James Bailey
Quotes to Explore
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler -
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
Warren Buffett -
Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
Patrick Carman -
I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling -
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden -
I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
Pat Conroy -
You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
Yami Gautam -
I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon -
If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.
Walter Reuther
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My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
Sadie Jones -
I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell -
Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour -
If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
Rafael Nadal -
If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
Usain Bolt -
You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.
Sally Field
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I think what really made me relax more was I wasn't fighting for a spot on the roster. It was my spot in the rotation to lose. If I would have done what I've done in my first two starts though, I wouldn't have been in the rotation.
Joe Mays -
Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.
James T. Farrell -
Some one, I think it was Isaac Disraeli, said that he who did not make himself acquainted with the best thoughts of the greatest writers would one day be mortified to observe that his best thoughts are their indifferent ones, and it is from the great books that have stood the test of time that we shall get, not only the most lasting pleasure, but a standard by which to measure our own thoughts, the thoughts of others, and the excellence of the literature of our own day.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon -
Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
Alan Cranston -
Worthy books Are not companions – they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
Philip James Bailey