“That's what this country needs -- more books!”

— Christopher Morley

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American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet 1890–1957

Gary Paulsen book The Winter Room

Source: The Winter Room

“The book of Philippine history is far from finished. However, does every sentence in our country’s story need to be finished with a period?”

Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician

2015, Speech: Declaration as Vice Presidential Candidate

“Then you have no more wish to rule? The country needs you now more than ever.”

Karl Schroeder book Ventus

She shook her head. “I’ve been crushed under the weight of power all my life. I think I’m going to enjoy missing it.” She laughed at the lightness with which she dismissed royal power. Every moment was a surprise, these days. She hoped that that feeling would never end.
Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 45 (p. 655)

“What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

As quoted in Creative Leadership : Mining the Gold in Your Workforce (1998) by A. S. Migs Damiani, p. 168
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“We do not need more laws. No country suffers from a shortage of laws. We need a new model.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 1, p. 364

“Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.”

Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères

C'est un métier que de faire un livre, comme de faire une pendule: il faut plus que de l'esprit pour être auteur.
Aphorism 3; Variant translation: It requires more than mere genius to be an author.
Les Caractères (1688), Des Ouvrages de l'Esprit