Creativity doesn’t come from glancing quickly at your Twitter feed while in line at Starbucks. It comes from deep thought. It comes… — Joshua Rogers Copy Share Image
“. . .sometimes reading the same page over and over, until one sleepy afternoon something clicked, like a lock unlocking, and she… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
Anyone who has ever spent time listening to a legislature knows the astonishing speed at which all presiding officers and reading clerks… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
If the entire week is a battlefield, reading the Bible is sort of like that parachute with the box of reserves that… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics,… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“She didn't really enjoy reading but she liked how the books were clues. Each one a piece in a puzzle. Even when… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Reading is a source of liberation. Children who are taught to read early on, are commonly taught to communicate in other significant… — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
The choice is yours: Enjoy a delicious meal of, say, veal fantarella with grilled vegetables. Or spend a quiet hour reading David… — Liz Curtis Higgs Copy Share Image
“Capitulating when losing is an issue in war; capitulating when winning is an issue in love” — S.E. SEVER Copy Share Image
“The nature of poems Is a matter of words and deeds An intimate encounter of voice In the ache of the heart… — Kendall Dana Lockerman Copy Share Image
For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Books were seen as a waste of time. What was the point, unless you were reading for information? To lose oneself in… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“You may not know this about me, but deep in my little rule following heart there is a rebel who doesn't like… — Shannon Reed Copy Share Image
Reading put perspective to any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
A Crime So Monstrous is a remarkably brave and unflinching piece of reportage and storytelling. Ben Skinner bears witness, sharing stories so… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
Peace comes from living a measured life. Peace comes from attending to every part of my world in a sacramental way. My… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they… — Brenda Lee Copy Share Image
It's a new day: Full of promise and love. The only thing that can take away that great feeling is - reading… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
[I] am reading No Ordinary Joes. Should have had a medical checkup before I started it. Colton makes us fall in love… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
If you read, the world is your oyster. It truly is. Reading makes everything possible. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world… — John Green Copy Share Image
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I haven't read for pleasure in 35 years. I mean, I get a lot of pleasure from what I read... For me,… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is not obtained through being absorbed in a book, it comes when you brush aside fantasies and sensuality, switching from the… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
You might learn as much about how to write by reading Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Wallace Stevens, Raymond Chandler, Saul Bellow, Paul Muldoon or… — David Denby Copy Share Image
“Euripides "questioned everything. He was a misanthrope who preferred books to men.” — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Children need far more than basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as important as those might be. Children also need to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time reading good… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my free time reading. It was a great escape from reality” — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
How many times have you struggled with the interpretation of certain Biblical texts related to the time of Jesus' return because they… — Gary DeMar Copy Share Image
When I was young, I went to college, had a teacher who was, had been a student of Trilling's at Columbia, this… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials. — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
![“[I] am reading No Ordinary Joes. Should have had a medical checkup before I started it. Colton makes us fall in love with these guys, then puts our hearts in harm's way. It's lovely and ghastly and extremely powerful. His best yet.” quote by Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/efe/katherine-dunn-2693_fall_i-am-reading-no-ordinary-joes-should-hav_3174925.jpg)
