John Updike Quotes

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books.

Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.

A library implies an act of faith.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

Books are feeders of brothels.

Books still accomplish miracles; they persuade men.

Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh and motion and a boundless variety of determinations and actions.

Reading is essential to human life. When the last reader dies, humanity will be at an end.

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

If you can't read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

I grew up in a house with very few books.