He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.

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I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is...

I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is...

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than...

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than...

Life's more amusing than we thought.

Life's more amusing than we thought.

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather...

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather...

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

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...

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

He is running not for election but for the history books.

He is running not for election but for the history books.

Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not...

Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not...

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...

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...