Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

Research Database of Quotes

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Keywords

(Click a letter to view the keywords)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
T
U V W X Y Z

the books

«The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.»
Author: Carolyn Wells | Keywords: poky, recall, the books
«What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.»
«The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.»
«The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.»
Author: Stephane Mallarme | Keywords: alas, the books
«The real war will never get in the books»
Author: Walt Whitman (Poet) | About: War | Keywords: get in, Real Book, the books
«The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public . . . Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy.»
«The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as you can, you can not get out of them a drop of water. So you can not get out of all the books that contain the best precepts the smallest good deed.»
«We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter-and to write it in the books of law.»
«The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.»
«The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.»

Pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »