Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species. — Camille Paglia
Reading is the most important way to prepare for life. — Lois Lowry
The pleasure we feel, reading a poem, is our assurance of its integrity. — Donald Hall
I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some… — Kate DiCamillo
I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each… — Kate DiCamillo
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is… — Kate DiCamillo
The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find in reading God's Word. — Lady Jane Grey
The early development of speed reading can be traced to the beginning of the (20th) century, when the publication explosion swamped readers with more than… — Tony Buzan
The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading… — Cheryl Strayed
One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of bread and two… — Elisabeth Elliot
The current tax code is harder to understand than Bob Dylan reading Finnegans Wake in a wind tunnel. — Dennis Miller
Now what is food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God; and here again, not the simple reading of the Word… — George Muller
I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my… — George Muller
You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting. — Rose Macaulay
Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill afford taxation that… — Rose Macaulay
Reading words puts them in your mind. You never forget. Even when you don't get a chance to dwell on the music, you can hear… — Unknown Author
I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself. — Michael Stipe
I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be… — Jennifer Connelly
The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries. — Isaac Barrow
I shall die reading; since my book and a grave are so near. — John Donne
I fear that many of us rush about from day to day taking for granted the Holy Scriptures. We scramble to honor appointments with physicians,… — Carlos E. Asay
Children need far more than basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as important as those might be. Children also need to learn how to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In my experience most mathematicians are intellectually lazy and especially dislike reading experimental papers. He seemed to have very strong biological intuitions but unfortunately of… — Francis Crick
The variant readings about which any doubt remains among textual critics of the New Testament affect no material question of historic fact or of Christian… — F. F. Bruce
The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and poor… — Ulysses S. Grant

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