Reading Quotes · Page 100

College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books.

— John Cage

I think reading is important. Not just for children, but for adults across the board.

— Montel Vontavious Porter

But if you have a book that needs urgent reading,' she said, 'then Hakim is your man.

— Khaled Hosseini

When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.

— Jean Fritz

The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo…

— Tyra Banks

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

— Salman Rushdie

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

— Annie Proulx

I like reading and writing, and I am a trained classical dancer.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was…

— Daniel Handler

I am terrible at doing nothing. I'm not brilliant at doing one thing at a time, either. Ideally, I would fill out…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading…

— Dallas Willard

Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed…

— Colin Wilson

“Reading has shaped me, guided me, reflected me and helped me understand and connect with, and this is not hyperbole, HUMANITY.”

— Annie Spence

The Kindle is the most successful electronic book-reading tablet so far, but that's not saying much; Silicon Valley is littered with the…

— David Pogue

Reading my personal accountI believe you feel-you-will know that the Holocaust was neither a legend nor Hollywood fiction but a lesson for…

— Livia Bitton-Jackson

I'm always surprised reading my old journals. There's this idea that life is hard now, but then I'll reach that moment where…

— Chris Pine

I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to…

— Terry Goodkind

Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a…

— Phylicia Rashad

I try as best I can to really put all I can into what I'm doing. A lot of days I fail…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

“People sometimes act as though owning books you haven't read constitutes a charade or pretense, but for me, there's a lovely mystery…

— Leah Price

“What are we after when we open one of those books? What is it that makes a classic a classic? ... in…

— Rudolf Flesch

Perhaps more significant than his experience in Europe, though, was [John] Adams's experience in his own country, and his extensive reading on…

— Gordon S. Wood

My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit…

— Anne Fadiman

I was not familiar with the book [before filming in The Outsiders] , though. Interestingly, The Outsiders had not reached the point…

— Rob Lowe

“A person who reads lives a thousand lives. A person who reads not, lives only one.”

— Laura Vazquez

The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know.

— Alek Wek

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

— Anonymous

The art of reading consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting non essentials.

— Adolf Hitler

“Reading, for me, was like breathing. It was probably akin to masturbation for my brain.”

— Penny Reid

I'm always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn't stop.

— Jocko Willink

To see him act is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day

— Gillian Anderson

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

— Katherine Paterson

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

— Vivienne Westwood

“A matured woman is therefore a responsible woman irrespective of her age, status and qualification.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

When you write a book, people legitimise it by actually reading the book and so it's almost okay to write another one.

— Eoin Macken

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

— Jami Attenberg

“Ask questions while you read—questions that you yourself must try to answer in the course of reading.”

— Mortimer J. Adler

“Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement.”

— Sara Sheridan

If I'm not playing basketball, I'm reading or thinking of stories I can create.

— Robin Lopez