Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else.… — Willie McCovey Copy Share Image
I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
It's really cool to see the transformation of reading something on a page and it coming to life. — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
The way one perceives a book and a film are totally different. You read a book in the privacy of your room.… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
I loved reading and writing, and teaching was the most exalted profession I could imagine. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it. — Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Copy Share Image
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
“Never have things of the spirit counted for so little. Never has hatred for everything great been so manifest – disdain for… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
There were illegal poets like Muzaffar al-Nawab, this is the thing - Muzaffar was widely known and he didn't really have books.… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
The second volume of Reiner Stach's epic biography of Franz Kafka . . . [is] a tangle of counter-grained and often under-sourced… — Steve Donoghue Copy Share Image
For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Society needs youngsters with well-developed personalities and not just bookworms. — Kirron Kher Copy Share Image
Who says reading should be easy? Shouldn't it challenge you as hard sometimes as love. Maybe "hard" is not the right word… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
“Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.” — Wayde Goodall Copy Share Image
Singing your own songs live is so personal, it's like standing there reading out your diary pages. I still get really nervous… — Roxanne Emery Copy Share Image
I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and so much more. — Nolan Gould Copy Share Image
“I want to read every book that’s written hear every song that was sung I want to gaze at every cloud and… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“Reading can only take you so far, up to the moment where you must take action with your own hands” — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“...after our weekly trip to the library, she cleared the top of her dresser and set out her week's reading, stood them… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
“Reading is never purely an act of isolation. When we read, we enter into a world of commonality, whether of language, story,… — Andrew Piper Copy Share Image
“The book and I secret ourselves Behind the paneled door. We merge our thoughts in retrospect Of ancient mystic lore. We spend… — Edna Moore Schultz Copy Share Image
“This is how it happens: you spend your life reading, reading, and reading more, waiting, waiting, and waiting for something to be… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to… — Sean Astin Copy Share Image
I rely on my iPad for on-the-go entertainment. I stock it with TV shows, like 'Parks and Recreation' and the British version… — Phoebe Tonkin Copy Share Image
I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento) — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sundays are a good day to look at the limitless possibilities of the week ahead. The key is to prolong that feeling… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
With 'Stardust', I hope what I was doing is giving 30-year-olds and 40-year-olds and 25-year-olds and 60-year-olds a chance to get the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If you think reading a book is hard, you should try writing one. Because it's even harder. It's still not as hard… — Erik Wolpaw Copy Share Image
Our house was littered with books- in the kitchen, under the beds, stuck between the couch pillows--far too many for her the… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
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