He Read Quotes

50 quotes by 47 authors

Scheele, it was said, never forgot anything if it had to do with chemistry. He never forgot the look, the feel, the smell of a… — Oliver Sacks
One of my latest sensations was going to Lady Airlie's to hear Browning read his own poems - with the comport of finding that, at… — Henry James
Upon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine.… — Victor Hugo
I particularly remember the time I gave (the research director) my paper on the banking industry. I felt very proud of my work. However, he… — Stanley Druckenmiller
Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible. — John Astin
When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country. He was a… — W. Somerset Maugham
As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a den; and I laid me down in… — John Bunyan
Much had he read, Much more had he seen; he studied from the life, And in th' original perus'd mankind. — John Armstrong
About Thomas Hobbes: He was 40 years old before he looked on geometry; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, Euclid's Elements lay open,… — John Aubrey
Now, I saw, upon a time, when he was walking in the fields, that he was, as he was wont, reading in his book, and… — John Bunyan
I suppose every old scholar has had the experience of reading something in a book which was significant to him, but which he could never… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them.... I had… — C.S. Lewis
He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has. — Omar Sharif
Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his… — Jan Karon
The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of… — Leo Tolstoy
At any rate, nothing was more characteristic of him [Walter Benjamin] in the thirties than the little notebooks with black covers which he always carried… — Hannah Arendt
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great… — William Manchester
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television… — Sherman Alexie
I am a product of endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were… — C.S. Lewis
What did Napolean do for relaxation? He read a book. What did Lincoln do for relaxation? He read a book. What does Congress do for… — Jimmy Durante

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