books

"Galileo wrote that 'the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics; without its help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it.'"

"In scientific information, then, we find that subjects - the themes and topics on which books and articles are written - cluster into fields, each of which can be analysed into its characteristic set …"

"Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation."

"But the old man had provided his kids with one priceless gift: He’d encouraged them to read, and he didn’t bother too much about the content, subscribing to the theory that good books ultimately speak…"

"Carrie Chapman Catt papers, 1887-1947, held by the Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library"

"I was a voracious reader, but you would be mistaken if you took that as evidence of my quality."

"Early in the novel , Anna meets Vronsky in curious circumstances: they are at the railway station when someone is run over by a train. At the end of the novel, Anna throws herself under a train. This …"

"In India, the negationists have managed what European negationists can only dream of: turn the tables on honest historians and marginalize them. People who have specialized in adapting history to the …"

"One should avoid rich neighbour, rich savant, and Quran reader on payment."

"An Introduction to Medical Literature, Including a System of Practical Nosology Thomas Young"

"Torn from their destined page ."

"Official Site, Blog and E-Book Store, run by the author"

"It's harder to find a page where there *isn't* some glaringly obvious bias."

"I can read his lips, and he is not praying."

"John Carey, who had once buried The Metropolitan Critic, hailed Unreliable Memoirs as the written equivalent of sliced bread. Instantly I revised my opinion of his critical prowess upwards."

"This is a software monopoly but at least it was written by people who care about security, so it's not like Microsoft's monopoly."

"“Whether I’m in front of the camera, behind the camera, at my computer writing a novel or a screenplay, as long as I get to entertain someone out there, I’m happy."

"One of those usual summer Sabbaths. Chores - breakfast - listen aimlessly to radio - swing music - symphony - round table discussion — and then rather aimless reading."

"Hagakure : The Book of the Samurai"

"The crown of literature is poetry."