I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I hate reading. But I'm trying to force myself because studies have shown that it's literally the only way to matter-of-factly boost… — Josh Rosen Copy Share Image
When we have read a book or poem so often that we can no longer find any amusement in reading it by… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Even if you've sworn to yourself never to read vampire fiction again, do yourself the favor of reading Motherless Child. Glen Hirshberg… — Christopher Golden Copy Share Image
What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
And honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
After my mother died, I lived with relatives. Reading was a means of escaping into other worlds, as photography, much later, was… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
Part of the appeal was that Medawar was not only a Nobel Laureate, but he seemed like a Nobel Laureate; he was… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Anything worth reading is not only worth reading twice, but worth reading again and again. If a book is worthwhile, then you… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
We live in a highly industrialized society and every member of the Black nation must be as academically and technologically developed as… — Frances M. Beal Copy Share Image
All morning I struggled with the sensation of stray wisps of one world seeping through the cracks of another. Do you know… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Philosophy isn't reading Emmanuel Kant. Philosophy is about thinking hard about what the right thing to do is in a situation and… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Television was restricted by my parents. They encouraged reading more than anything. It wasn't done in a let's-get-educated kind of way, it… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
“During his long career as an agitator, Hitler had studied the effects of herd-poison and had learned how to exploit them for… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's a really good idea to be bumping into all kinds of people in all kinds of ways. So you… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
“See, some guys prefer asses Some prefer tits And I’m not saying that I don’t like those bits But what’s more important… — Mark Grist Copy Share Image
The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
At 17, I went to an engineering college, the entire reading was about fluid mechanics and steam engines and what not, so… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
I'm always reading. I've loved reading since I was young, and I've always loved sinking my teeth into a different world, especially… — Ellie Bamber Copy Share Image
When I was young, there was no such thing as YA. You simply went from reading children's novels to reading adult novels.… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was not a vampire or werewolf fan at all. I'd never even heard of the series. I auditioned for the role,… — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I'm 40 years old, and I still love watching Bugs Bunny slap the bull on the nose. I still watch those cartoons,… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly restless. I read a lot of poetry. I also find myself reading the first 20 pages of everything, looking for… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think reading an audiobook is a real skill - for one thing, you have to be able to do impressions and… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
“If God give you a status, don't turn yourself to a statue. Don't become a monument. God still want to reside inside… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“Weigh whatever you are about to say; what will it do to your hearer - encouragement, edification, disappointment or fear? What will… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
My negotiation skills are are on par with George Bush's reading ability. And just like Dubya, every time I've tried to put… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I accomplished something, became a better… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
