Never Read Quotes

187 quotes by 160 authors

• The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so. — Northrop Frye
• I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something... — Keith Haring
• I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by… — Robert E. Howard
• I never read the translation before publication. The most important things for me is that the emotion is captured in such a way that the… — Karl Ove Knausgard
• One of the things that sets the Bible apart from all other ancient religious writings is its scientific accuracy. Without exception, every other ancient religious… — Charlie Campbell
• There is hope for a man who has never read Malory or Boswell or Tristam Shandy or Shakespeare's Sonnets: but what can you do with… — C.S. Lewis
• Until as recently as November of 1966, I had complete faith in the Warren Report. Of course, my faith in the Report was grounded in… — Jim Garrison
• I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore. — Daphne Guinness
• I'm drawn to women who live in a world different from my own. I don't believe you have to marry someone from your own backyard.… — Matt Dillon
• Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. — Will Durant
• I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead. — Kirsten Dunst
• Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections. — Malcolm Forbes
• It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from… — Jerome K. Jerome
• I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did. — Nicole Kidman
• I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity. — Bryant H. McGill
• I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them. — Terry McAuliffe
• In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read… — George Mikes
• I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read. — Andy Murray
• I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. — Howard Nemerov

Who Wrote These Never Read Quotes

160 authors contributed a total of 187 Never Read Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 6 Never Read Quotes by Unknown Author
• 3 Never Read Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 3 Never Read Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Tom Baker
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Tim Burton
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Sylvia Plath
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Sydney Smith
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Steve Fowler
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Salman Rushdie
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Nick Hornby
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Neil Gaiman
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Keith Haring
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Johnny Cash
• 2 Never Read Quotes by James Lee Burke
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Jackie Collins
• 2 Never Read Quotes by Alberto Manguel
• 1 Never Read Quote by Yoweri Museveni
• 1 Never Read Quote by Woodrow Wilson
• 1 Never Read Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 Never Read Quote by William Peter Blatty
• 1 Never Read Quote by William Goldman
• 1 Never Read Quote by Will Durant
• 1 Never Read Quote by Wilford Woodruff
• 1 Never Read Quote by Vivienne Westwood
• 1 Never Read Quote by Unkown