Reading Quotes

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He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. — Arthur Balfour
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a… — Russell Banks
Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column. — Dave Barry
I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading. — Lynda Barry
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry
All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this… — Mario Batali
Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother! — Charles Baudelaire
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Joseph Addison
I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother. — Kate Beckinsale
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States… — Kate Beckinsale
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. — Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. — Henry Ward Beecher
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? — Henry Ward Beecher
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. — Hilaire Belloc
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. — Saul Bellow
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It… — Robert Benchley
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next… — John Berger
There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It… — Mortimer Adler
Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy… — Annie Besant
Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. — Renata Adler

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