Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth… — Stephen King
I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever believe this narrative, in the reading, more than… — Charles Dickens
I remember reading these articles when I was younger, and I just felt like, well, in order to look like that, you have to have… — Olivia Munn
Reading just had a great five-man move that involved everyone. — Phil Thompson
Sitting eating sushi in the city, incredibly chilled out reading Nietzsche. — Joey Barton
There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon… — Mark Twain
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
The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily… — Billy Graham
Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot… — Theodore Schroeder
You need have no dull hours if you are a sincere lover of books. — Grenville Kleiser
Books are ever available friends, ready to serve you at will. — Grenville Kleiser
The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and ennobling of your character. — Grenville Kleiser
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each… — Norman Douglas
Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Libraries are starting places for the adventure of learning that can go on whatever one's vocation and location in life. Reading is an adventure like… — James H. Billington
There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. — John Quincy Adams
Reading if a man has a crush on you can be to your advantage. If you know a guy likes you, the power shifts in… — Unknown Author
Seek by reading and you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and it will be opened to you in contemplation. — John of the Cross
If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and… — Jack Handey
I was just reading about the new Lindsay Lohan diet, which is all liquid. 80 proof. — Joan Rivers
I love these members, they get up and say, 'Read the bill ... What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and… — John Conyers
It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported. — Sarah Jessica Parker
If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or not smoke, drink… — Ludwig von Mises
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more spend… — Edward Abbey
Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree. — Thomas Jefferson

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