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That we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters we read books cover-to-cover but Typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. World conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous Submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing toįounded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people Interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, andĬhoose the ones that are most thought-provoking. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a bookĪnd to carry with us the author’s best ideas. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a
More via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. by Nick Bostrom About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, We had only to enchant a caucus in a conversational tone while they must thrill the multitude with brass and cymbal.” I cannot fathom the reason for this change unless it be the influence of a generation of evangelical ministers (Clay always makes me think of a preacher a-wash in the Blood of the Lamb who, even as he calls his flock to repent, is planning to seduce the lady in the back pew) and of course today’s politician must deal with a much larger electorate than ours. Today, however, practically every public man is now a marvellous orator-no, actor! capable of shouting down a tempest, causing tears to flow, laughter to rise. Fisher Ames was the nearest thing we had to an orator (I never heard Patrick Henry). Hamilton rambled and I was far too dry (and brief) for the popular taste. We did not possess a single orator to compare with the present crop. “In passing, I continually marvel at how different today’s lawyers and politicians are from us of the first generation.
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