We have seen too many arbitrary Strasbourg diktats based on the whims of European judges - from prisoner voting to blocking deportation… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“Just go on reading, as well as you can, and be sure that when the children get the thrill of the story,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world - reading, eating, sleeping - has something buried somewhere inside it that just… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Pavel Palazchenko has given us a well-written, inside account of Gorbachev's and Shevardnadze's diplomacy. Remarkably objective, it is full of insights, makes… — Jack F. Matlock, Jr Copy Share Image
“It was impossible to feel alone in a room full of favorite books. I had the sense that they knew me personally,… — Riley Redgate Copy Share Image
My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination,… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
There's something immediate about the experience of reading a poem. It makes sense in my own mind, but I'm trying to figure… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards… — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
I hate it when I'm reading a comic, and the dialogue looks like stickers stuck on top to explain what's going on.… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
We should think about what we mean by literacy. If you say, "He's a very literate person," what you really mean is… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
I suppose I could read more fiction, but I haven't moved in that direction. I'd like more time even though I spend… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of gaining a reputation for… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
In New York, you are forced into having very public lives and observing all types of people, what they sound like, what… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
The danger of the blogosphere is reading only those you agree with. While there are right-wing blogs that are entertaining freak shows,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise… — William James Copy Share Image
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories.… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
I could be standing in the supermarket, and there is a person standing down the aisle, who is reading the back of… — Bill Henson Copy Share Image
“A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them,… — Ann Packer Copy Share Image
I'm really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they're reading my books other than the ones which are created… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
It's very dangerous to pretend to be open-minded when you're the exact opposite. I think feminists are only making it worse by… — Dave Sim Copy Share Image
As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
“But there was so much todo: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on. I'll have more time for reading… — John Green Copy Share Image
“People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
My goal is to produce as rich and historical an experience for the reader as I possibly can, to the point where… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“Our relation to books is a shadowy space haunted by the ghosts of memory, and the real value of books lies in… — Pierre Bayard Copy Share Image
It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books… — Mike White Copy Share Image
“Reading is a time machine that allows you to acquire wisdom from the past and to analyze and imagine another person’s vision… — Joshua Rogers Copy Share Image
“But the library - especially one so vast - is no mere cabinet of curiosities; it's a world, complete and uncompleteable, and… — Matthew Battles Copy Share Image
There is no difference between me and Netanyahu in reading the threat of Iran. There is no daylight between us on this… — Isaac Herzog Copy Share Image
The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
