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226 quotes by 193 authors

You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play… — Gail Collins
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote… — Charles Caleb Colton
It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read… — John Cusack
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their… — Umberto Eco
There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that… — Umberto Eco
I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them. — Terry McAuliffe
I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.' — Ian Mcewan
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
The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review… — Joyce Carol Oates
It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. — William Osler
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having… — Blaise Pascal
There are 50 new tabloids every year, and I'm in them, and I read them, and I do stupid things. — Unknown Author
If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all. — Anne Roiphe
I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to… — Salman Rushdie
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards… — William Shatner
I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all. — Steven Spielberg
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. — Henry David Thoreau
I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type… — Ted Turner

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