A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
If you want to work on the core problem, it's early school literacy. — James L. Barksdale Copy Share Image
Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out… — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
“What's cheaper than a gallon of gas? An ebook. Save a dollar, stay home and read!” — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
“I believe it’s fine to give up books even after a page; there’s so much to read in the world that will… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I'm reading "Team of Rivals'' I'll probably ending up reading a bunch of books about the Civil War. But I think my… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is manifest that all government of action is to be gotten by knowledge, and knowledge best, by gathering many knowledges, which… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Here's a message to all the employers out there reading this: if a comedian comes to you having given up comedy and… — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
“Clearly, this was another thing I needed to add to the: ‘repetitive cycle of things that were constantly happening in my life’… — Adele Rose Copy Share Image
I have to create a circle of reading for myself: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, The New Testament. This is also… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Before my teens, my contemporaries were reading Tolkien and were absorbed by his works, but try as I might, I could not… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I'm reading the Gospels at the moment and I can find no evidence of the kind of Christ people seem to have… — Franco Zeffirelli Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you wish to escape to another part of the book. You stop reading and riffle the pages, catching sight of the… — Thomas Wharton Copy Share Image
“You'll want to read books - novels, because ladies are frivolous; poetry because ladies are sentimental; and sermons, because we are pious.… — Donald McCaig Copy Share Image
As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything… — Maryam Mirzakhani Copy Share Image
What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison… — Caridad Svich Copy Share Image
I was lying in bed on a Saturday morning, reading the paper, when my phone went. The caller was Rangers director, Jack… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
What is Jordan that I should wash in it? What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
