You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that."… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
A book on cheap paper does not convince. It is not prized, it is like a wheezy doctor with pigtail tobacco breath,… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Gro Rollag was no beauty, but she was a strong capable young woman with a long face, prominent cheekbones, high forehead, and… — David Laskin Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them;… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island... — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
I was looking at books and reading the indexes and finding a next book and reading that book, and then from that… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion. — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
