You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.

Quote by Charles Jones

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You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from...

You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from...

Leaders are Readers

Leaders are Readers

I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave...

I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave...

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book...

Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book...

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe...

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say...

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...