Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling — Miguel de Unamuno
When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it. — Hugh Newell Jacobsen
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding its resonance and… — Michael Silverblatt
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world, — Natalia Makarova
If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably will not grow much from reading… — Mortimer Adler
The high-minded definition of politics is: 'the art or science of government; the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy.' It is… — Cal Thomas
Congress' passing of the omnibus spending bill without reading it shows more than anything why they can't be trusted. — Neal Boortz
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're… — Stephen Covey
Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are likely to be… — William Ickes
So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best. I have… — William Hazlitt
When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The less time we… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Learning is not automatic. You do not automatically know how to read because you turn five. Most of us are sensitive to the fact that… — Marion D. Hanks
I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every concept-but I got the main… — Tanith Lee
Man must learn to rely upon himself. Reading bibles will not protect him from the blasts of winter, but houses, fires. and clothing will. To… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I love and admire everyone who is different. I love that. The 'jet set' is banal. 'Good taste' is banal. Eccentricity is chic. Good taste… — Jean Paul Gaultier
The second suggestion is to think as well as to read. I know people who read and read, and for all the good it does… — Arnold Bennett
The idea that we live in a post-modern culture is a myth. In fact a post-modern culture is an impossibility; it would be utterly unlivable.… — William Lane Craig
The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON FOR JESUS COMING CAN BE… — Brian D. McLaren
Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in hopes of getting… — Mark Driscoll
You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and… — E F Schumacher
Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe. — Donald Bradman
Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time,… — Pope Pius X
One cannot learn how to be creative by reading Marx. Either one is creative or one is not. — Oswald Spengler
I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two journals. It's a… — Tory Burch
It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is… — Robert B. Parker

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