Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books. — Albert Einstein
I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. — Oscar Levant
But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel… — Chaim Potok
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. — Donald Knuth
I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper. — Bill Russell
When I go in for heart surgery, I want a full-time surgeon. I don't want some guy who just does it part-time between rounds of… — Don Meyer
My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're doing, as is… — Dave Barry
The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book. — Ronald Reagan
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment. — Isaac Watts
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. — Beverly Cleary
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading. — William Zinsser
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read,… — Arnold Bennett
I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits. — Dave Barry
All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book,… — Dave Barry
First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones are taken. Thin… — Dave Barry
I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that, like most books, it had too many words. — Dave Barry
There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them. They… — Dave Barry
This must be a gift book. That is to say a book, which you wouldn't take on any other terms. — Dorothy Parker
I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with… — Padma Lakshmi
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. — Elizabeth Hardwick
Grandma told me Mama was once caught by the Principal for writing in the front of her book, "In Case of Fire, Throw This in… — Erma Bombeck
I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge as I am… — George Burns
This book was written in those long hours I spent waiting for my wife to get dressed to go out. And if she had never… — Groucho Marx

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