Reading Quotes · Page 135

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

— Ela Crain

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

— Cass McCombs

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

— David Pogue

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

— Cathy Newman

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

— Ela Crain

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

— Anna Jae

“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

I admit, I do a lot of projects, but it's because I'm in a position now where I'm reading a lot more…

— Bryan Cranston

Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it…

— Annie Besant

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the…

— Bill Russell

Poetry on TV doesn't have to be like a newscast with someone staring blankly at the camera, pretending they're not reading from…

— Michael Rosen

“And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that 'knowing a book by heart is like…

— Hisham Matar

I did not learn the flaws of the criminal-justice system in law school or college or by reading about it. I grew…

— Kamala Harris

“All I wanted to do was go back inside to the library and read a book.I used to spend all my time…

— Kathryn Magendie

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

— James Rollins

There is only one expert who is qualified to examine the souls and the life of a people and make a valuable…

— Mark Twain

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things…

— Zig Ziglar

I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that…

— Marisha Pessl

Was I being groomed for some special mission? What possible purpose could an existence like mine serve? When I wasn’t drinking in…

— Heather King

Longing is the fullest sense of desire; it's the most deeply felt kind of desire. I think the most interesting artwork comes…

— Tom Burr

I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so…

— Julianna Margulies

I love stories where the impossible appears believable, plausible and real. Maybe it's silly, but it's one of the reasons Michael Crichton's…

— J. J. Abrams

I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher told me to read it. And…

— Dakota Blue Richards

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

— Kamand Kojouri

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

— Anne Lamott

“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

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

— Lailah Gifty Akita

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

I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.

— Jami Attenberg

I am fond of saying that reading the Bible turned me into an atheist.

— Ruth Hurmence Green

“It is always more helpful and more important to stop reading than to continue reading.”

— Stillness Speaks by Eckart Tolle

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

— Paula Poundstone

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

— Bill Willingham

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

— Thomas Maltman

I once stole a pornographic book that was printed in braille. I used to rub the dirty parts.

— Woody Allen

“The unification of worlds is an author's priority, as one of them surely resides forbidden to the public.”

— Paul Andreas Wunderlich

Read and you will learn, and when you have learned, you will read..both will give you wisdom

— Azwindini Mulaudzi

The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.

— Mem Fox