Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals ...… — Thomas Jefferson
No one ever comitted suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. — Unknown Author
A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to notice natural phenomena,… — Henry Ward Beecher
Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people. — Hugh Mackay
A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. — Abraham Lincoln
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests… — A. C. Benson
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. — Arthur Helps
Wear the old coat and buy the new book. — Austin Phelps
We read to know we are not alone. — C.S. Lewis
The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy the material. — Charles Clarke
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book. — Coolio
It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little. — Denis Parsons Burkitt
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it… — Edward P. Morgan
Reading has given me more satisfaction than really anything else. — Bill Blass
Reading will give you lasting pleasure. — Laura Bush
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. — Joseph Addison
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions… — Mary Wortley Montagu
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist of the... story can provide… — Marie Clay
Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning… — Marilyn Jager Adams
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. — Mark Twain
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. — Mary Schmich
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. — Mary Ellen Chase
Choose an author as you choose a friend. — Christopher Wren
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers. — Stan Barstow

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