Holbrook Jackson Quotes

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

Seeing that we were book enthusiasts, my mother began hauling my sister and me down to the Stanton Free Library on Tuesday afternoons, where I'd find two or three books to bring home.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.

Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books.

A personal library is a reflection of who you are and who you want to be, of what you value and what you desire, of how much you know and how much more you'd like to know.

My parents didn't know much science; in fact, they didn't know science at all. But they could recognize a science book when they saw it, and they spent a lot of time at bookstores, combing the remainder tables for science books to buy for me. I had one of the biggest libraries of any kid in school, built on books that cost 50 cents or a dollar.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

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

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

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.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.

I grew up in a house with very few books.

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.

Read a lot, live your life, and listen and watch, so that your mind fills up with millions of images.