It
does not follow because many books are written by
persons born in America that there exists an
American literature. Books which imitate or
represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not
constitute an American literature. Before such can
exist, an original idea must animate this nation and
fresh currents of life must call into life fresh
thoughts along the shore.
-- Margaret Fuller
1810-1850, American
Writer, Lecturer
A book
that is shut is but a block.
-- Thomas Fuller
1608-1661, British
Clergyman, Author
Today
a reader, tomorrow a leader.
-- W. Fusselman
When
you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no
longer be reading numbers, any more than you read
words when reading books You will be reading
meanings.
-- Harold S. Geneen
1910-, American
Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT