Reads Quotes

442 Reads quotes by 370 unique authors

My father still reads the dictionairy every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words — Arthur Scargill
The driver on the highway is safe not when He reads the signs, but when He obeys them. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. — Lin Yutang
And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted — Lin Yutang
I read like the flame reads the wood. — Alfred Doblin
In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero.… — Charlie Munger
One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell. — Marguerite Yourcenar
I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an… — Dario Argento
We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke… — Garet Garrett
The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to pursue the quest… — Weston La Barre
No one who reads this book will remain unchanged or unaffected-Julene Bair's story arcs from the cornfields of Kansas and Nebraska to the food on… — Jonis Agee
One often reads about the art of conversation-how it's dying or what's needed to make it flourish, or how rare good ones are. But wouldn't… — Malcolm Forbes
The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God. — William Penn
I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans.… — John William Draper
Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone… — Nicholas Meyer
Books are in no hurry. An act of creation is in no hurry; it reads us, it privileges us infinitely. — George Steiner
Angelina Jolie’s older brother James Haven, the one she made out with, has a license plate on his SUV that reads Shiloh. Maybe it’s not… — Chelsea Handler
Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across… — Johannes V. Jensen
A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been crazy enough to… — Kurt Vonnegut
About Thomas Hobbes: He was 40 years old before he looked on geometry; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, Euclid's Elements lay open,… — John Aubrey
He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others. — Ambrose
I am thrilled that DDLJ has beaten all records, Shah Rukh Khan and I share a close friendship that translates onto the screen. We have… — Kajol
The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to… — Alexander Pope
No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that… — Unknown Author

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