Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power. — Michael Foot Copy Share Image
You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal:… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Nothing is so engaging as the little domestic cares into which you appear to be entering, and as to reading it is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I’m not wise at all. I told you, I know nothing. I know books, and I know how to string words together—it… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. She read books as one would breathe ether, to… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading. — Steve Lopez Copy Share Image
Designers provide ways into—and out of—the flood of words by breaking up text into pieces and offering shortcuts and alternate routes through… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
It was the last generation of writers [ the Cheers] that had grown up reading books instead of watching TV. So you… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all… — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
I just wanted a really simple, dramatic way so that fans, people who were reading my comic, would be like, "This is… — David Rees Copy Share Image
“Always write exactly what you’re feeling at the exact moment when writing something like poetry or an emotional novel. Put yourself, pour… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you've read… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
I was in front of an ambulance the other day, and I noticed that the word ambulance was spelled in reverse print… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
When we started reading books to Raffi, I included some Russian ones. A friend had handed down a beautiful book of Daniil… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
“Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't… — Lev Yilmaz Copy Share Image
All I know is that Salman has signed 80 percent of my films without reading the script, and almost all our films… — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image