It's unfortunate that some people do not see what entertainers do in the background, but many of us do so much work… — Tichina Arnold Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. ‘They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
After a certain age our memories are so intertwined with one another that what we are thinking of, the book we are… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy. — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
“In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“A man who possesses the art of correct reading will … instinctively and immediately perceive everything which in his opinion is worth… — HITLER Copy Share Image
I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it… — Mark Mendoza Copy Share Image
Later, I went one step further, by putting in some invented "historical" bits [into the Lincoln in the Bardo]. And reading those… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning… — Ross Gelbspan Copy Share Image
Without unscrambled eggs, there was no time travel, no more depredation of the Now, and we could look to a brighter future… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time… — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“Literature has the ability to open up a whole new world to children, but we need to have a share in helping… — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I… — Nancy Milford Copy Share Image
“You only benefit from books if you can give something back to them. What I mean is, if you approach them in… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
Last but not least, she put on a pair of black-framed reading glasses she’d found on Mr. Mercer’s bedside table. If it… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
“I think the need for reading boils down to one simple issue: children are selfish. Reading about other people creates a sense… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase. — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I am pretty antisocial and have difficulty communicating with other human beings. I know that if I were in Philly I'd still… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
Most photographs take their cues from advertising, where the priority is high image content for an easy Gestalt reading. — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
I have rock climbed but not in awhile. Love all sports, reading, cooking, some carpentry, gardening. — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
One of the most insidious myths in American wine culture is that a wine is good if you like it. Liking a… — Karen MacNeil Copy Share Image
You learn so much with each book, but it's what you teach yourself by writing your own books and by reading good… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
[Reading Swing Time] made me a feel a little bit like when I used to read David [Foster] Wallace. Like, "I can't… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
“In short, the age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters, to get their primitive material, were forced to… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Who cannot recall, as I can, the reading they did in the holidays, which one would conceal successively in all those hours… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Richard Foster is justified in writing: I am concerned that our reading and our writing is gravitating to the lowest common denominator… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Turn the page, your heroine is still there, breathe, relax, life is beautiful: you're in a book!” — Gabrielle Dubois Copy Share Image
The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
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