"A good book is like a beautiful garden which you can carry in your hand." ~~ Chananya Reichman
"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword." ~~ Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17b
"The best minister is the human heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is God." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"There can be no creative national literature without ancient traditions. " ~~ Yosef Chaim Brenner
"Books were written not for fools but for the wise." ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon
"When the kingdom of words ends, the kingdom of silence begins." ~~ Avraham Chen
"Never refuse to lend books to a man who has not the money to buy them for himself- – -if you are sure he will return them!" ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon
"Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week." ~~ Bette Midler
"A book without a preface is like a body without a soul." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"Television has raised writing to a new low." ~~ Samuel Goldwyn
"People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning." ~~ Steven Spielberg
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. " ~~ Henry Youngman