Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

It was just enough to sit there without words. — Louise Erdrich
I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend -… — Roma Downey
I have seen some astrologers who predicted wonderful things; but I have no reason to believe they predicted them only from the stars, or anything… — Swami Vivekananda
He's got his dog trained so that it only does it on newspapers. The trouble is it does it when he's reading the blasted things. — Honore de Balzac
Today I realize that many recent exercises in "deconstructive reading" read as if inspired by my parody. This is parody's mission: it must never be… — Umberto Eco
Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no… — Ben Casnocha
Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent. Technology will not… — Ben Macintyre
What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside — Samuel Johnson
Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not… — Samuel Johnson
Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters… — Samuel Johnson
Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Receiving, reading, researching, remembering, and reflecting on the Word of God are all useless if we fail to put what we learn into practice. — Rick Warren
I have but nothing to say to young girls. They're fine to look at, in the way I would look at a case filled with… — Harlan Ellison
I can't honestly say where the inspiration for my work came from. I think it came from reading. It came from texts, from Nietzsche, Schopenhauer,… — Lebbeus Woods
To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading. — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex. They've got to be processed in the… — Mario Savio
If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now. — Kanye West
When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. — Nicholson Baker
Your job is to give people a reason to keep reading. — Dave Barry
I work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting. — Clive James
Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not… — Leszek Kolakowski
I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork. I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of my books and… — Chris Raschka
Normal, ordinary people do not think like a Serial Killer. They have no conception of what is going on in a killer’s mind, how he… — Richard Ramirez

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