“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
I was not a comic book reader, but my son is. My son wasn't really interested in reading books, which was hard… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“Of course, reading novels was just another form of escape. As soon as he closed their pages he had to come back… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“I'm looking forward tomorrow to a peaceful Sunday spent in bed with Churchill's 'Life Of Marlborough'. Funny that he should be Prime… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
“Beneath the nice book cover, camera angles, format of the page, size of the canvas, sound of the song – was someone… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“Who was it who said, "I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the… — A. Edward Newton Copy Share Image
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“The endless piles of genre fiction are the key to happiness. They’re the key to picking out the things that actually make… — Steven Lloyd Wilson Copy Share Image
I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
McLuhanism and the media have broken the back of the book business; they've freed people from the shame of not reading. They've… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my… — Jeremy Lin 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
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
“reading has as many functions as the human body, and... not all of them are cerebral.” — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“To teach reading, means to light the fire; every syllable spelled out sparkles.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“You will never know the purpose of a book in your life until you read it, and you will never know which… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud. — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
“In the books I find the thrum of everything unsayable. The characters weep the way I want to, love the way I… — Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Copy Share Image
The deep-read is when you get gut-hooked and dragged overboard down and down through the maze of print and find, to your… — Tim Wynne-Jones Copy Share Image
I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now.… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
From the first time I held an iPhone, the space has evolved quickly, and people have shifted from reading content on their… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
How do we know, then, when a code's been cracked?when we are right?when do we know if we have even received a… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I think that players that are better at reading people are much more dangerous and difficult to play against, because then you… — Jason Mercier 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
Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
