My Reading Quotes

53 quotes by 52 authors

[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of… — Luis Walter Alvarez
I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort… — John Selden
If anything has changed about my reading over the years, it is that I value the state a book puts me in more that I… — Sven Birkerts
Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana throws… — Alexander Chee
In my reading of philosophy, I saw that there were innumerable problems that nobody was giving answers for. the Bible, it struck me, dealt with… — Francis Schaeffer
Trust not my reading, nor my observations, Which with experimental seal do warrant The tenor of my book. — William Shakespeare
My life, my reading, everything about me revolves around the cinema. So for me, cinema is life, and vice-versa. — Sergio Leone
Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of… — Louise Brown
My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of… — Jack Prelutsky
Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims… — Wole Soyinka
But, in the end, the books that surround me are the books that made me, through my reading (and misreading) of them; they fall in… — Ramona Koval
He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He was the intrinsically… — Charles Templeton
As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to read out loud… — Kim Basinger
... I had to depend on Braille for my reading and guide for my walking...I am now wearing no glasses, reading and all without strain...by… — Aldous Huxley
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly… — Norman Spinrad
When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level. — Stephenie Meyer
I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading. — Dorothy Parker
For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of… — Elizabeth Strout
If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up on my reading. — Jeremy Sumpter
I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and… — Lois Lowry

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