I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“People aren't reading self-published authors because people can't even get past the poor quality of the samples. They aren't reading books they… — Linda Hilton Copy Share Image
For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“You're perfect for each other, she had insisted. "both of you act like you're already retired, always stuck at home reading books.” — Azadeh Moaveni Copy Share Image
“I've seen enough films. I don't want to see any more. I get far less out of seeing films than I do… — Ken Russell Copy Share Image
“The human yearning for innocent pastime is a pathetic thing, come to think about it. It shows what a desperately grim thing… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
“Books nurtured, guided and comforted me as a child. Books were my substitute parents and teachers, when the adults in my life… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
I feel guilty if I'm not reading books, but I read scripts of movies or things that I know I'm committed to… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“As a human, I'd never been best at anything... Obviously I could be counted out of anything athletic. Not artistic or musical,… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“He was a quick fellow, and when hot from play, would toss himself in a corner, and in five minutes be deep… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“If everyone could learn how to read books properly and how to use them as effective tools for daily living, the facilities… — Francis Beauchesne Thornton Copy Share Image
“In an enchanting encounter with the myriad books that I met in a cosy book shop today, I couldn't help but get… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“We’re going to have to read a lot of books,” I say. “My life’s work involves reading books.” “We’ll probably have to… — Nina Lane Copy Share Image
We live in such a celebrity-driven culture, but all those people have to go buy toilet paper, and all those people have… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Assign each new hire to read a book and write a one-page report so you can see how serious they are about… — Patrick Bet-David Copy Share Image
Four of my children are daughters, and I've watched them devote themselves to reading books about how little girls learn to become… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
I don't believe any of you have ever read Paradise Lost, and you don't want to. That's something that you just want… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist of the...… — Marie Clay Copy Share Image
I think the reason we might hesitate to pay cash to students for doing well on tests or getting good grades or… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be… — Mark Brownlow Copy Share Image
Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My books don't sell anymore. There are many reasons why they don't sell, but one of the reasons is because people don't… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
“Reading a book is like living a deep and fulfilling life. Watching a movie is like being a paralyzed person: watching others… — Charbel Tadros Copy Share Image
“Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world is only to be acquired… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Dirac politely refused Robert's [Robert Oppenheimer] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought." — Luis Walter Alvarez Copy Share Image
“The start of a new novel carried with it a sense of occasion, and the alphabets in Luna’s mind started to shuffle… — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me closest… — Casey Carter Copy Share Image
“(...) era vorba despre o carte care ti se lipea de mana, iar ochii refuzau sa se lase invinsi de oboseala numai… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations… — Lucian Copy Share Image
My parents are professors; they're intellectual. I spent a lot of time reading books. To me, everyone always looks like they do… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
“Every story is a ride to some place and time other than here and now. Buried in an armchair, reclined on a… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
“A humour of reading books, except those of devotion or housewifery, is apt to turn a woman's brain... All affectation of knowledge… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“When you read a good book, you feel something like this in the depths of your soul: You will definitely re-read this… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and more, at younger and younger ages, until they're reading… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
History has been my primary intellectual passion ever since, as a boy in Southern California, I began reading books on World War… — Max Boot Copy Share Image