Reading Quotes · Page 93

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

— Joe Orton

Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.

— Max Anders

I used to keep my college roommate from reading my personal mail by hiding it in her textbooks.

— Joan Walsh Anglund

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

— Abraham Lincoln

I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.

— Michael Stipe

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

— Margaret Haddix

“After each book the world changes in my eyes, i have become more suspicious and eager at the same time.”

— Anna Jae

“Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood.”

— Kamand Kojouri

My mother always kept library books in the house, and one rainy Sunday afternoon - this was before television, and we didn't…

— Beverly Cleary

Those who do succeed in reading the Bible from beginning to end will discover that at least it has a beginning and…

— Northrop Frye

The way one perceives a book and a film are totally different. You read a book in the privacy of your room.…

— Milos Forman

Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives…

— Richard Bach

I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading…

— Karin Slaughter

I've been in a few films that have been adapted and, as an actor, the amount of resources and things you can…

— Asa Butterfield

Reading something for the first time and getting this feeling like the material provokes you on some level, and doing the movie…

— Kristen Stewart

Sponsored stories are not a great way to monetize mobile traffic. The phone is way more of a publishing tool than a…

— Keith Teare

“I think it will last," said Grandfather. "In my experience when people once begin to read they go on. They begin because…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“In a sense one should not go to books for ideas; the business of books is to make one think. We are…

— David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

One should put forth great effort in matters of learning. One should read books concerning military matters, and direct his attention exclusively…

— Kato Kiyomasa

As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow…

— Walter Dean Myers

“A Book “Now” - said a good book unto me - “Open my pages and you shall see Jewels of wisdom and…

— Edgar Guest

A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of…

— David Nicholls

If you want a peaceful place to dwell Cold Mountain is guaranteed forever A light wind blows softly in the pines The…

— Hanshan

There is a period in one's life - perhaps not longer than six months - when one lives in two worlds at…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

“The reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

“the more he learned, the more he realized that there is too much to learn in anyone’s lifetime.”

— Shane Kuhn

“The act of love and the act of poetry Are not compatible With the reading aloud of a newspaper”

— André Breton

Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.

— Siri Hustvedt

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful.

— W. Averell Harriman

“Seek to engage yourself in passionate reading. You will gain better understanding of life .”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.

— Cass McCombs

“Be prepared to change, because what makes you feel happy will also change”

— Ela Crain

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

— John Lewis

I'm always surprised at how many people seem to like reading about what hardware and software I use.

— David Pogue

“We don’t become adults when we start making love, we become adults when we stop playing”

— Ela Crain

I have a ritual of reading before bed, no matter how tired I am.

— Cathy Newman

The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.

— Paula Poundstone

“A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.”

— Thomas Maltman

“Baba Yaga: "... What are his powers" Mirror on the wall: "He reads”

— Bill Willingham