Quotes about Importance of Books

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. Votes: 1

Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books. Votes: 1

I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books. Votes: 1

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. Votes: 1

The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots. Votes: 1

One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance and potency to my group of writer friends in college from 1960 to 1964. Votes: 1

Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order? Votes: 1

The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually. Votes: 1

There are certain historical figures of such importance that we need to know everything about them, which is why books about Napoleon, Lincoln, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, and the great religious founders continue to proliferate; these lives require constant reevaluation and interpretation. Votes: 1