#ok

I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely. ↗

— Mo Willems

#libraries #library #literary #obvious #sage-advice

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity ↗

— George Steiner

#boredom

Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and a sense of irony. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#irony #salvation #self-destruction #salvation

For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change from ordinary beings to extraordinary ones. Often they are so appealing and intelligent, you'd rather spend time reading about them than doing anything else. ↗

— Jennifer Kaufman

#change

Book authors are in high demand for speaking engagements and appearances; they are the new ‘celebrity’ and celebrities gain access. Authors not only make money from royalties or book advances but from their keynotes, presentations and strategically branded product lines. This includes entrepreneurial ideas for you to extend yourself beyond just writing and prepares you to add speaking and consulting to your revenue stream. You have to begin to look outside book sales and towards the speaking market. There are radio, interviews, news, television, small channel television keynotes, lectures, seminars and workshops. These types of events have the possibility to be much more lucrative than just selling books. In essence, the book builds and brands you in the public eye. It gives you credibility and the opportunity to be more than you are. It enables you to now be a voice, a teacher, a leader, an expert - after all, you wrote the book on it! ↗

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

#book-power #branding #celebrity #passive-income #royalties

The game itself is bigger than the winning. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #game #games #literature #literature-quotes

Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #history #literature #literature-quotes

Have you ever been in a conflict with someone who thought he was wrong. If you are not wrong, then you will be willing to consider how you might be mistaken. ↗

— Arbinger Institute

#thought-provoking

They Were all clad in the same uniform of misery and filth. For all of time, for all of eternity ↗

— James Riordan

#thought-provoking

Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#thought-provoking