Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You can draw a penguin on a toilet reading The New York Times and it's adorable, but try doing it with an… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of… — Jay Hernandez Copy Share Image
Poor reading, like poor writing, is imposing what you already know on texts. You should go into reading to discover, not to… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
“When you love something like reading—or drawing or music or nature—it surrounds you with a sense of connection to something great.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that when you’re in the public eye, you automatically become a role model, because people are reading about you and… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
I barely read. I'm not a good reader at all. Rather than reading, I used to sit in front of the TV… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
“In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their seasons of excitement… — Charles MacKay Copy Share Image
For the Tintin books were my emotional universe. To read them felt quite simply like being loved: in advance and by an… — Luke Davies Copy Share Image
“Reading is a dialog with oneself; it is self-reflection, which cultivates profound humanity. Reading is therefore essential to our development. It expands… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Anyhow, I had found something out about an unknown privation, and I realized how a general love or craving, before it is… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has to the… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
“She had a grocer's faith in books; they can be handed out like Green Stamps and were redeemable for a variety of… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Your inspiration is better if it comes from many different sources and your sensibilities will transform all those influences and inspiration into… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“Welcome young poet, in here you are free to follow your star to where you should be. That door of the library… — Bernard Kops Copy Share Image
In bed at night, I could be reading some book, and I'll come across a sentence that's totally unrelated to some scene… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
When it came time to be a professional rapper, I wouldn't sign anything without reading it. There was no way I was… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Does one get faith by mere studying of books? Too much reading creates confusion. The Master used to say that one should… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
I think school is so important. I was good student. A rebel, but I did well in my studies. I don't close… — Bruno Tonioli Copy Share Image
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going… — Leo Durocher Copy Share Image
My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She… — Kingsley Martin Copy Share Image
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle,… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never… — Lisa Bu Copy Share Image
I want other kids to see the joy in reading and literacy and how, if you read about things, they become so… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
I find inspiration from a lot of different texts and really old stories and folk tales - things I feel like no… — Borns Copy Share Image
“It was always embarrassing when professors assigned their own books. Even Madeleine, who found all the reading hard going, could tell that… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Surely few if any readers have come across the sentence they are now reading, and someone who had by chance heard or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I started deliberately looking for characters, ideally outsiders and ideally Americans. So I just started reading widely, as I tell my students… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
