Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

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.

One of the most important things in my childhood were the new books that came in. I feel sorry for kids today who have so many other options like television that they may not value books as much as they could enjoy them.

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

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

Reading is my greatest luxury.

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

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

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.

As a kid, I used to go to the library and take out all the art books.

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

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

I grew up in a house with very few books.

Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.

As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.

I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so I got the best of both worlds by taking books up trees and reading there.

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

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

I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.

Reading is as much a part of life as any part, and it's life itself. And it allows us to live other lives that we might not have lived if we hadn't picked up those books.

Books are feeders of brothels.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.