Famous quotes containing the words instruction and/or book:
“A little instruction in the elements of chartographya little practice in the use of the compass and the spirit level, a topographical map of the town common, an excursion with a road mapwould have given me a fat round earth in place of my paper ghost.”
—Mary Antin (18811949)
“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
—John Ruskin (18191900)