I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
Although Lewis Carroll thought of The Hunting of the Snark as a nonsense ballad for children, it is hard to imagine -… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
TV and film were always governing passions of mine, and that first wave of great HBO shows in the early years of… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
Edward Conard provides a provocative interpretation of the causes of the global financial crisis and the policies needed to return to rapid… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
I came home one day and Nick was in his bedroom reading 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' and the tears were just flowing… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
[People who have left the ISIS] say that there comes a moment when the inconsistencies and apparent hypocrisies of their sheikh lets… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
“This idea that the buying, or even the reading, of books is an expensive hobby and beyond the reach of the average… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
My mother used to do all the things that were important to her after midnight. ... Sometimes I'd sneak downstairs and see… — Marita Golden Copy Share Image
Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate; I desire, therefore, in this narration, to state those facts which led… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Beethoven’s music always struck me. Always. He had this fire you know. I remember reading this story of him going deaf and… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
One of the things that's amazing about reading the private writing of these folks is that they enthusiastically describe things which we… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
One of the challenges of my job is relaying the magnitude of information coming through in a reading, and when I'm overwhelmed… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
Maybe reading was just a way to make her feel less alone, to keep her company. When you read something you are… — Helen Humphreys Copy Share Image
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is knowing the right thing to do and doing it at the right time to get the desired result. It is… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on… — Tuppence Middleton Copy Share Image
I felt like I'd culturally arrived when a character on the HBO show 'True Blood' was reading a hardback of 'Heartsick' at… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Happiness is baking cookies. Happiness is giving them away. And serving them, and eating them, talking about them, reading and writing about… — Maida Heatter Copy Share Image
“Food is one of life’s great pleasures, and I am all in favor of pleasure. Reading is another of those things that… — Chelsea Monroe-Cassel Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I'm good at cold reading; I've made a living doing this, and most of the time I do audition, but it's very… — Courtney Gains Copy Share Image
“Ocean waves gently rock the boat, As if to the tune of a lullaby. She sits still as the boat silently floats… — Rachel Lewis Copy Share Image
People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Books have knowledge, knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is a crime, and crime doesn't pay..so if you keep reading, you'll go… — Books and music. Facebook Copy Share Image
I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
George Saunders is outside of Chicago too. I've met him a few times, actually. I really like him a lot. He's a… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
![“[People who have left the ISIS] say that there comes a moment when the inconsistencies and apparent hypocrisies of their sheikh lets them down, and they begin rereading scripture and find ways that vouch for a nonliteralist reading of the Koran.” quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/rukmini-maria-callimachi-34961_down-and_people-who-have-left-the-isis-say-that-t_271551.jpg)
![“Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why it survives." [ Turning the Page: The future of reading is backlit and bright , Newsweek Magazine, March 25, 2010]” quote by Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/anna-quindlen-467_books_reading-is-not-simply-an-intellectual-pu_953665.png)
