Frontispiece Book Quotes & Sayings

Sydney, this is the kind of shirt that says, 'You're never getting in here. — Richelle Mead

Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains! — Matsuo Basho

Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard of the power of books, which may endure for generations. — Stanley Unwin

Jack Abramoff is going to testify against some of the other weasels in Congress. A lobbyist testifying against congressmen? How many Bibles are going to burst into flames in that courtroom? — Jay Leno

Forever and An Instant met up one day,
Had a short, but lovely talk,
then each went on it's way. — Bo Burnham

I remembered that Johnson had declared portrait painting to be an improper employment for a woman. "Public practice of any art and staring in men's faces is very indelicate in a female," he had said.
Well I'd seen Dr. Johnson's face in the book's frontispiece and I couldn't imagine anyone male or female wanting to stare into it for any length of time - the man was an absolute toad. — Alan Bradley

The frontispiece of Mr. Lyell's book is enough to throw a Wernerian into fits. — George Poulett Scrope

The antidote to fear of man is faith in God. — Anonymous

I bite off the fingers and spit them out. Lord Loss screams obligingly. One of the snakes digs its fangs into my bald skull and rips out a chunk of flesh. I snatch the snake from its heartless home and chew its head off. I'm starting to enjoy this biting business. — Darren Shan

Well, if I don't get at least 16 hours, I'm a basket case. — Woody Allen

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom. — Galileo Galilei

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves. — Drew Barrymore

I believe in God and feel his presence, but I am intrigued by John 10: 16: "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." Since He sought the rest of the world, how do I know he didn't reach them? He appeared to us in a form we could understand - why not to others within the context of their cultures? — Rosemary Dew

It's my pleasure and honor to be here fighting on HBO and in the United States. — Jan Zaveck

If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so. — Phyllis Chesler

Toni's Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic ... you! As soon as you let doubt creep in
you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with positive affirmations and watch your investment grow. — C.Toni Graham

I think I might have something for you today, he says, reaches beneath the counter, and his hand comes back with a book, clothbound cover the color of antique ivory, title and author stamped in faded gold and art deco letters. Best Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood, and she lifts it carefully off the countertop, picks it up the way someone else might lift a diamond necklace or a sick kitten, and opens the book to the frontispiece and title page, black-and-white photo of the author in a dapper suit, sadkind eyes and his bow tie just a little crooked. — Caitlin R. Kiernan