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I am stretching out this volume, since those German dogs estimate the value of books by their cubic contents. -- Karl Marx
The value of books is proportionate to what may be called their plasticity -- their quality of being all things to all men, of being diversely moulded by the impact of fresh forms of thought. -- Edith Wharton
But everything of value about me is in my books. -- V. S. Naipaul
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films. -- Christopher McQuarrie
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. -- William Temple
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. -- J. Paul Getty
I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature. -- Jonathan Kozol
What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time. -- Robert Gottlieb
Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them. -- Barry Eisler
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. -- Carl Sagan
Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value. -- Caroline Kennedy
Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity of reading over quality of reading. We have no choice, if we want to keep up with the broader culture. -- Joshua Foer
I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great value to the quiet, contemplative process of reading a novel, that reading great books carefully offers pleasures and consolations that no iPad app ever can. -- John Green
I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous. -- David Nicholls
I try to satisfy the desires that people have to have their books personalized. That's a value, or feature, of bibliophilia that may vanish. How do you get your e-book signed? The idea of people standing in line to get my signature in their book, it's hard to turn them away. -- Chris Van Allsburg
For me, my core genius lies in the area of teaching and motivating. I love to do it, I do it well, and people report that they get great value from it. Another core genius is compiling and writing books. Along with my co-author Mark Victor Hansen and others, I have written, co-authored, compiled and edited more than 200 books. -- Jack Canfield
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of Congress. Everyone knows Sameha simply as 'Sami.' Along with 500 miles of shelved books, her closest friendships are cataloged in that library. They are as much the value of work to my mom as is the work itself. -- Hoda Kotb
My specialty as a collector is books that almost have value. When I love a book, I don't buy the first edition, because those have become incredibly expensive. But I might buy a beat-up copy of the second edition, third printing, which looks almost exactly the same as the first edition except that a couple of typos have been fixed. -- Lev Grossman
I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life. -- Noah Baumbach
As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too. -- Jamais Cascio
I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value. -- R. L. Stine
Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone and therefore of no value unless it can be used. -- L. Ron Hubbard
If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
Because they are inherently social, people find value in reading the same books and watching the same movies that others do. -- Anita Elberse
The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to seek out the most hidden and intimate things. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them. -- George Orwell
All our institutions rest upon business. Without it we should not have schools, colleges, churches, parks, playgrounds, pavements, books, libraries, art, music, or anything else that we value. -- Charles Gates, Jr.

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