Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure. — Noah Porter
My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a… — Rudolph A. Marcus
There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's… — Robert Graves
It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding… — Roger Penrose
... I soon found an opportunity to be introduced to a famous professor Johann Bernoulli. ... True, he was very busy and so refused flatly… — Leonhard Euler
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. — Bob Ney
It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings. — Ann Beattie
The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of… — Marlee Matlin
Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand, and communicate with… — Louie Anderson
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government. — Bruce Schneier
Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader - or any reader. He/she might exist - but is reading someone else. — Joyce Carol Oates
The fun of reading as "an exchange between consciousnesses, a way for human beings to talk to each other about stuff we can't normally talk… — David Foster Wallace
John Lott has done the most extensive, thorough, and sophisticated study we have on the effects of loosening gun control laws. Regardless of whether one… — Gary Kleck
Reading won't have the confidence to be confident — Paul Merson
I was celibate until the age of 21. I stayed in my bedroom reading Camus and Nietzsche — Richey Edwards
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been, because millions of years have… — Lee Kuan Yew
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been. . .by observation, reading, watching,… — Lee Kuan Yew
I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work… — Sarah Zettel
Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out the side door). — William Maxwell
Only one book is worth reading: the heart. — Ajahn Chah
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets… — Robert B. Laughlin
Mythology is about Good VS Evil, is it not? We can pretend runes and astrology and reading tea leaves...But to whom do we pray when… — John Steakley
With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in… — Andy Van Slyke
The Phoenix Program is must reading for all. — Ralph McGehee
According to the American Psychological Association, the most effective stress-relief strategies are exercising or playing sports, praying or attending a religious service, reading, listening to… — Kelly McGonigal

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