--- title: "8 Reading Bad Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Reading Bad quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Reading Bad sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/sonakshi-sinha-13191_about_theres-really-not-much-that-people-can-p_212319.jpg" --- > [Theres really not much that people can pick on me for my work, so obviously they find other reasons to write something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonakshi-sinha/theres-really-not-much-that-people-can-pick-on-me-for-my-work-so/) [Sonakshi Sinha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonakshi-sinha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/sonakshi-sinha-13191_about_theres-really-not-much-that-people-can-p_212319.jpg) > [Memorizing, guessing, looking at pictures, predicting, substituting, and skipping, are not reading; they are very bad habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-schlafly/memorizing-guessing-looking-at-pictures-predicting-substituting-and/) [Phyllis Schlafly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-schlafly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/phyllis-schlafly-3818_bad-habit_memorizing-guessing-looking-at-pictures_470698.jpg) > [Yup, Nicki, looks like Philly got walloped. Then again, niohtng better than a good read to curl up with. You might like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit/yup-nicki-looks-like-philly-got-walloped-then-again-niohtng-better/) [Amit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/amit-38988_books_yup-nicki-looks-like-philly-got-walloped_740880.jpg) > [“Anyone who tells you her life is like a book has either been reading some bad books or is not being straight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-andersen/anyone-who-tells-you-her-life-is-like-a-book-has-either-been-reading/) [M.J. Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-andersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/m-j-andersen-258613_books_anyone-who-tells-you-her-life-is-like-a_1255044.jpg) > [“This might be a good time to mention that if you learn about an airborne virus that seems to be killing otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-wright/this-might-be-a-good-time-to-mention-that-if-you-learn-about-an/) [Jennifer Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/jennifer-wright-20397_bad-news_this-might-be-a-good-time-to-mention-tha_1733042.jpg) > [Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-duvall/seeing-your-name-on-the-list-for-kp-or-guard-duty-when-you-re-in-the/) [Robert Duvall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-duvall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/robert-duvall-5224_army_seeing-your-name-on-the-list-for-kp-or-g_1840168.jpg) > [Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/reading-time-is-precious-don-t-waste-it-reading-bad-books-or-books/) [Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/lionel-shriver-744_books_reading-time-is-precious-don-t-waste-it_2742185.jpg) > [I really don't want somebody writing something positive about me if they don't believe in it. I'd rather somebody write something real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-really-don-t-want-somebody-writing-something-positive-about-me-if/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/patti-smith-394_bad-stuff_i-really-don-t-want-somebody-writing-som_3216794.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reading-bad/#itemlist", "name": "Reading Bad Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Theres really not much that people can pick on me for my work, so obviously they find other reasons to write something bad about me. 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Then again, niohtng better than a good read to curl up with. You might like my entry, Great Expectations, where thunder and lightning, not snow, are the culprits. In any case, same result: stuck inside, reading. Not a bad way to go, in my humble.Regards, ~Delv", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amit" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit/yup-nicki-looks-like-philly-got-walloped-then-again-niohtng-better/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/amit-38988_books_yup-nicki-looks-like-philly-got-walloped_740880.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/amit-38988_books_yup-nicki-looks-like-philly-got-walloped_740880.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/amit-38988_books_yup-nicki-looks-like-philly-got-walloped_740880.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Yup, Nicki, looks like Philly got walloped. Then again, niohtng better than a good read to curl up with. 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