“There's no reason to keep a piece of furniture in your house that is so sacred and rare that you can't put your feet up on it and a dog can't jump up on it. Likewise, a book that sits on a shelf like a piece of porcelain, only to be admired, never to be read again, is a dead book.” BookReasonHousePiecesFeetDogSacredNo ReasonShelvesFurniturePorcelain Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long.” FirstsLongBookEducationClassFiveFeetShelvesFirst Class Author:Charles William Eliot
“I used to have weird practices in crowded used-book stores in New York where I'd go in and just stomp my foot and see what fell from the shelf. And of course, because it's an unexpected encounter, there's always some magic that comes from it.” BookUsedCoursesPracticeMagicFeetNew YorkStoresEncountersUnexpectedShelvesCrowdedUsed Books Author:Saul Williams
“You got a cop under five feet tall, what if he's gotta plant evidence on a high shelf? What then? What if he's gotta chase a suspect onto a ride at Disneyland?” IfsFiveFeetEvidencePlantWhat IfSuspectsTallCopShelvesDisneyland Author:Greg Giraldo
“For me the most important issue is climate change because it in some ways trumps every other issue. Everything else we care about falls by the wayside if the Greenland ice shelf falls into the sea. And if suddenly sea levels rise 21 feet, everything we hold near and dear ceases to exist.” IfsWayImportantCareFallLevelsIssuesSeaFeetTrumpClimateClimate ChangeDearCeaseIceShelvesImportant IssuesGreenlandSea Level Rise Author:Moby