Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

Reading a book by someone you respect allows some of their brilliance to rub off on you. — Robin Sharma
I never studied acting, yet the first time I auditioned and did a cold reading, I surprised everyone for my honesty and limpidity. They told… — Jennifer Lawrence
You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.'… — Jim Gaffigan
Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you’re not there anymore. It’s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal. — Mary Karr
Learning through the arts reinforces critical academic skills in reading, language arts and math and provides students with the skills to creatively solve problems. — Michelle Obama
Whether the author intended a symbolic resonance to exist in her book is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it's there. Because the book does… — John Green
The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter. — Dave Eggers
I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a… — Keith Richards
I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see us… — Neil Gaiman
Reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life — Mario Vargas Llosa
I like to read either in motion or in water... I am happiest reading in the bathtub. — Walter Mosley
We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind. — Anna Quindlen
The mind must be developed by you alone. There is no way for others to do the work and for you to reap the results.… — Dalai Lama
My son and I discovered Terry Pratchett's books together, when he was about eleven years old. He'd be reading on his own and would start… — Linda Sue Park
Some of the best memories of my childhood that I have are the times that I played hooky from school so I could spend my… — Woody Allen
One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours. — Paul Theroux
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading. — Isaac Asimov
Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren't… — Ronald Reagan
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me… — Alan Dean Foster
A Christian way of thinking is not just thinking Christian thoughts, singing Christian songs, reading Christian books, going to Christian schools; it is learning to… — Alistair Begg
I cannot find a faithful message-bearer," he wrote to his friend, the scholar Atticus. "How few are they who are able to carry a rather… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the… — Thom Gunn
I have been reading the morning paper. I do it every morning-knowing well that I shall find in it the usual depravities and basenesses and… — Mark Twain
Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say that I've been… — Clive James
For the Tintin books were my emotional universe. To read them felt quite simply like being loved: in advance and by an entire world of… — Luke Davies

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