We Read Quotes

275 We Read quotes by 226 unique authors

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world. — Judith Butler
The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them.… — Anne Carson
We read advertisements ... to discover and enlarge our desires. — Daniel J. Boorstin
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends. — Francis Bacon
What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so… — Samuel Johnson
History is what we read, write and think about the past. — Michael Howard
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is… — Thomas Paine
Meanwhile, as we read, two little girls slept as if couched on zephyrs on the south side of the parlor floor, in a room that… — Mary Cantwell
There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Research shows that when we read words on paper, it reduces our stress levels by nearly 70 percent. We also read more carefully than on… — Margaret Heffernan
So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch… — Yaya Han
I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise… — Sadie Jones
How we feel about ourselves as we read the newspaper, set the table, wash the dishes, recycle the trash and wash our clothes... is essential… — Alexandra Stoddard
Through reading the scriptures, we can gain the assurance of the Spirit that that which we read has come of God for the enlightenment, blessing,… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Having a few companies controlling everything we read, see or hear is destroying our culture. — Lawrence Blume
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings,… — Claire Tomalin
We read that Adam and Methuselah lived so many centuries; at that time, it was the custom to marry in the family - marry as… — Max Heindel
I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into the classroom. I… — Michael Cadnum
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better;… — Harold Bloom
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to… — George Muller
We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. — Penelope Lively
One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan. — Colin Greenwood
Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship… — John Clayton
We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it. — Billy Bragg
As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is… — Joseph Priestley

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