“David Foster Wallace: We sit around and bitch about how TV has ruined the audience for reading—when really all it’s done is… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
Going back to why people don't vote, I presume the main reason is because they understand without reading political science texts that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind,… — Joan Erikson Copy Share Image
The library, I believe, is the last of our public institutions to which you can go without credentials. You don't even need… — Harry Golden Copy Share Image
There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If you think that what you're doing is not all that important in the larger scheme of things and that you're just… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I try to be personal, but that's not me, either. What seems to work best, and the tweets I enjoy reading the… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I was a huge rereader, so I've read all the Chronicles of Narnia, at minimum, 13 times each. In reading that series,… — Lisa Papademetriou Copy Share Image
Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
There's something immediate about the experience of reading a poem - whether it's the music or some other element of it -… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they can't find me and I can spend all day… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I had to go back and reread the page a few times. As I read it, I kept drifting out of the… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I love watching programs about Discovery Channel and just reading New Scientist, and all that kind of stuff. Im just fascinated by… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
“We cannot prevail by our own might or strength, we need to plug on to the source of our strength so that… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My father was very fond of reading. It was something we did at our home. I don't think it fits the way… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
Fake realism is the escapist literature of our time. And probably the ultimate escapist reading is that masterpiece of total unreality, the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has… — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“Truths are dangerous," he said. "Then why are you writing them in a book?" "To catch them between the pages," said Teddy,… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt." Tris: "Then… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
If I'm not moved from one spot to another, internally, while I'm witnessing it, reading it, consuming it, whatever, I don't know… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
If I'm reading about a river or the trees or the wind blowing or the stars at night, if you can hear… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
“A tough life needs a tough language—and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers—a language powerful enough to say… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list.… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, we feel the specific difference between their words and Christ's is the difference… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
The first time I heard 'Sharknado,' I thought it was a late-night infomercial for a new vacuum cleaner. Could have swore I… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I couldn't imagine anyone ever reading a book enough to make it look like that. It looked like it had been driven… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I think vampires have gotten maybe a little bit silly in the last years where they're all wearing crushed velvet and reading… — Josh Hartnett Copy Share Image
I used to draw cartoons. I'd just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them,… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
“If books were girls and reading was s-ss-ssss-fucking, this would be the biggest whorehouse in the county and I'd be the most… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers,… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Comics have always helped people to read. A lot of people learned to read by reading the comics. And it's our livelihood,… — Mort Walker Copy Share Image
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