Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The Structure of Magic I by Richard Bandler and John Grinder is a delightful simplification of the infinite complexities of the language I use with… — Milton H. Erickson
An hour and thirty-one minutes after launch, my pressure altimeter halts at 103,300 feet. At ground control the radar altimeters also have stopped-on readings of… — Joseph Kittinger
All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit… — Penelope Lively
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. — J C Ryle
Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather your manna fresh… — J C Ryle
I will sign every contract Arsenal put in front of me without reading it. — Tony Adams
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and… — Gaston Bachelard
Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time reading good books. They tell… — Dorothy Day
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as… — Mary Oliver
The words of the Constitution... are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they… — Felix Frankfurter
I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of… — George Whitefield
The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. Â These are the elements of magic, and magic is the… — Julia Cameron
I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E.… — Erik Larson
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is… — Rita Dove
If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer — Rita Dove
I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books to read you… — Robin Hobb
M. J. Putney has created true magic with this book, the kind that comes when you curl up in a comfortable armchair and let the… — Catherine Asaro
The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen in a long… — L. J. Smith
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading… — Rick Riordan
Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective. — Laurie Helgoe
Reading old travel books or novels set in faraway places, spinning globes, unfolding maps, playing world music, eating in ethnic restaurants, meeting friends in cafes… — Phil Cousineau
Books are what you step on to take you to a higher shelf. The higher your stack of books, the higher the shelf you can… — Jim Rohn

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