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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
“It is commonly said to my little friend Legion: Read the great writers for style. But I say to him: Read the… — Eugene Manlove Rhodes Copy Share Image
Remarkably, [Sen. Dianne] Feinstein was reading her statement. So her mare's-nest of inapposite words and unclear thoughts cannot be excused as symptoms… — George Will Copy Share Image
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
“Don't you ever get tired of reading?" she asked. "You could hardly be called good company! Don't you know that, with women,… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
With lines that show an unyielding dedication to craft, these poems are not afraid of meaning or the meaningful. More and more… — Jericho Brown Copy Share Image
I like reading books about kids where there weren't really many adults, where they didn't need an adult to come and solve… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had… — Alan Bennett 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
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
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
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
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
I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take my head out of… — Georgina Chapman Copy Share Image
The attitude of the actor is his interpretation of what he reads, and the written word is what creates the role in… — Gene Barry 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
“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
That makes sense, I suppose. But for me, reading is an adventure. It makes me an armchair traveler and takes me places… — Laura Lee 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
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
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
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
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
I haven't read enough of the Bible. You know, I'm saving the Bible for if I ever get imprisoned, and the only… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I'd begun reading Crumb shortly before that, and other underground stuff, so that was an influence to some degree. Of course the… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
“Mom is a compulsive reader. She reads for pleasure, she reads to edify herself, but more often than not, she reads because… — Michael Perry Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading Reality Hunger and I'm lit up by it-astonished, intoxicated, ecstatic, overwhelmed. . . . It really is an… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Les Misérables etches Hugo's view of the world so deeply in the mind that it is impossible to be the same person… — Graham Robb Copy Share Image
“In his library he had been always sure of leisure and tranquility; and though prepared, as he told Elizabeth, to meet with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I never tell students they cannot read a book they pick up, but I do guide them toward books that I think… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
For me, the reading of the scriptures is not the pursuit of scholarship. Rather, it is a love affair with the word… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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