When I am reading for research and making notes, I use a cleverly designed curved lap-desk, and I sit up dutifully, mindful… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather,… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
“Reading. Well Reading is...It´s really much more than that. A page of print is like a secret passage that leads you to… — Peggy Christian Copy Share Image
As hardly anything can accidentally touch the soft clay without stamping its mark on it, so hardly any reading can interest a… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Sometimes a book is better than it ever had a right to be because of the history the reader brings to the… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
“Reading exposes is to the experiences and minds of others, makes us challenge our own provinciality, deepens and widens who we are… — Rick Gekoski Copy Share Image
I would go to the store, I would buy cassette tapes, and I would read the liner notes and sort of subconsciously… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
To try and stand outside the marriage, I'd say we have complementary capabilities. I do the hustling and the business. I do… — Hume Cronyn Copy Share Image
The idea that we live in a post-modern culture is a myth. In fact a post-modern culture is an impossibility; it would… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
I think reading intelligent expressions of different points of view is a good thing, and there is a way in which being… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
When Denzel [Washington] first called me on the phone after we'd just done a reading of the film ["Fences"]. He said, "Oh… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Just getting totally absorbed in that and therefore when I came back around to [Buckminster Fuller] and found that much of it… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
It was her first book, an indigo cover with a silver moonflower, an art nouveau flower, I traced my finger along the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Being a reader has brought me much joy, laughter, and rich experience. But reading has also wounded me. The sacrament of reading… — Steve Kendall Copy Share Image
That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one...… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
I remember reading the script for 'Dangerous Liaisons' and thinking that I could quite happily spend the rest of my life watching… — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
There are lots of things that you can go down the list and say, "Oh, these are cliches, we've seen this before,… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Personally, I like reading adventures which really have happened to people, because they show what kind of things might happen to oneself,… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
If we're reading a first-person account, we know that each and every one of us, myself included, have a great desire to… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
“To quote French author François Mauriac, ‘Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who your are' is true enough, but… — Sarah Wendell Copy Share Image
Even though poetry was written for the 'minds ear' as well as the physical ear, the minds ear can be trained only… — Yvor Winters Copy Share Image
I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I was on a very bumpy plane ride, an overnight flight. I was so miserable, and I pulled out 'David Copperfield,' and… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“Don't run around looking for someone who can sexually satisfy you, run around and look for the book which will intellectually satisfy… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I like reading my bible, I like bible studies where I get together with others and talk about the word of God… — Bernhard Langer Copy Share Image
And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“A book is not just paper and ink, it's a world full of dreams, imaginations, knowledge, awakening, emboldening and a lot, lot… — Jyoti Arora Copy Share Image
Yet, I had nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still), that no… — Charles Dickens 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
The bedroom in my apartment is far too small to hold a nightstand. There is, however, this bookshelf. Yes, I stow whatever… — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to… — Ursula K. Le Guin 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
I have not read far in the statutes of this Commonwealth. It is not profitable reading. They do not always say what… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
From the first time I held an iPhone, the space has evolved quickly, and people have shifted from reading content on their… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Advancement: Notable leaders chart the course of action that causes other leaders to progress toward reaching… — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
![“When Denzel [Washington] first called me on the phone after we'd just done a reading of the film ["Fences"]. He said, "Oh Viola it was so good, wasn't it?! I'm gonna tell Russell [Hornsby] to lose a little bit of weight and..." I was just sitting there thinking, why is he calling me? And I told…” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/viola-davis-1174_believe_when-denzel-washington-first-called-me-o_1751192.png)
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![“That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I thought he was the cutest thing that had ever happened in Nashville. He was nine years older than me and I thought, 'Mimi, I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to steal this guy…” quote by Amy Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/amy-grant-7285_bible_that-happened-when-i-was-a-freshman-in-h_342121.jpg)
