I Read Quotes

1362 I Read quotes by 1094 unique authors

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it. — Virginia Woolf
I read Google News and use NetNewsWire to keep up with general and tech news. — Steve Wozniak
I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet. — will.i.am
What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read… — Andrew Young
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. — Henny Youngman
Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's… — Regina Brett
I love science fiction. I read a lot of science fiction. — Romola Garai
The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story… — Christine Quinn
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I… — Emily Dickinson
It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. — Stephen Chbosky
Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll… — Arnold Lobel
Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most young people do,… — Gene Wolfe
I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had… — Samuel Beckett
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but… — Mark Twain
Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were organically… — Daniel Pennac
Reading was my first solitary vice (and led to all others). I read while I ate, I read in the loo, I read in the… — Germaine Greer
I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little-known books, and in roaming the… — H P Lovecraft
Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about… — Martin Amis
You can see the most beautiful things from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. I read somewhere that people on the street are… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I had not seen "Pride and Prejudice," till I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what did I find?… — Charlotte Bronte
I read," I say. "I study and read. I bet I've read everything you read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out… — David Foster Wallace
...what I enjoy in a narrative is not directly its content or even its structure, but rather the abrasions I impose upon the fine surface:… — Roland Barthes
When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more. — Sara Nelson
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go,… — Don DeLillo
I read.. because one life is not enough — Richard Peck

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