The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book. George Bernard Shaw View this quote
The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Jean de La Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyere
If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself. Anne Frank
Anne Frank
If I’m engrossed in a book, I have to rearrange my thoughts before I can mingle with other people, because otherwise they might think I was strange. Anne Frank
A collection of books is the best of all universities. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful. Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
For a woman to be able to dominate and also be feminine and soft, that’s a talent. And its not all about appearance. A woman who has a brain, who is street-smart and book-smart, that woman is very, very sexy to me. Usher
Usher
A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it. T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
In life, as in chess, ones own pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him. Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It’s just a cycle. Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
