Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father. — Alafair Burke
I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings. — Susan Cain
If you have any doubt that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of… — Unknown Author
There is no such thing as national advertising. All advertising is local and personal. It's one man or woman reading one newspaper in the kitchen… — Morris Hite
If at first you don't succeed, try reading the instructions. — Unknown Author
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for… — George F Will
If you can read this, thank a teacher. — Harry S. Truman
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and… — Ambrose Bierce
Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man,… — Lord Chesterfield
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in reading character in the wrinkles made by… — Ambrose Bierce
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will… — Ernest Hemingway
LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or… — Ambrose Bierce
A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new… — Wilfred Peterson
There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in books or embodied in customs,… — Joseph Anderson
It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones. — Unknown Author
Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed; it is the same as it has always been,… — Unknown Author
Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old books. — George F Will
I'm going to introduce a resolution to have the postmaster general stop reading dirty books and deliver the mail. — Unknown Author
Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly… — John Locke
Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes;… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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