I Read Quotes

1362 I Read quotes by 1094 unique authors

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind of… — Wendy Lesser
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous — Albert Einstein
At age 19, I read a book [The Intelligent Investor] and what I'm doing today, at age 76, is running things through the same thought… — Warren Buffett
From authors whom I read more than once I learn to value the weight of words and to delight in their meter and cadence --… — Lewis H. Lapham
I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. — Cynthia Rylant
Like most of my poems, 'Lie' has several sources: I read a very troubling book called The Sixth Extinction. I took note of the way… — Rae Armantrout
My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read. — Jorge Luis Borges
I read an hour almost every night. It's part of falling asleep. — Bill Gates
Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas - cause that's what He's… — Meher Baba
You find actually over the years that you get attributed with a lot of things you didn't do and you don't get reported on a… — Peter Costello
I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level. — Dana Carvey
With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading… — Beverly Cleary
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific… — Seth Godin
I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So… — Beatrice Dalle
It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to sleep because that's probably the only time I get to… — Keren Ann
I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by… — Kenneth Koch
I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. — Jack Vance
I have many creative outlets. I sing, I like music, I like art, I paint, I draw. I like buying art. I read a lot,… — Evan Ross
I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book. — Anne Rice
I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes… — Mary Steenburgen
I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed. — David Herbert Donald
I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering… — Judith Guest
Oh, I know I'll improve. It's just that my life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes now. That's a sentence I read once, and… — Anne Shirley

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