I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas, films, plays, books, and persons too long.

Quote by Margaret Asquith

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Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and...

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and...

I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It...

I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in...

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should...

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should...

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...