Worth Reading Quotes

60 quotes by 50 authors

Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy… — Annie Besant
Books worth reading are worth re-reading. — Holbrook Jackson
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice. — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. — H. L. Mencken
I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading. — Thomas Jefferson
Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth… — Stephen King
From forty years' experience of the wretched guess-work of the newspapers of what is not done in open daylight, and of their falsehood even as… — Thomas Jefferson
What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not… — Rikki Ducornet
Most of the literary classics are worth reading, if you've nothing better to do. — Edward Abbey
The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -… — H. L. Mencken
If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. — John Ruskin
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
Into the paradise of euphony, the good poet must introduce hell. Broken paradises are the only kind worth reading. — Mark Doty
Edward Conard provides a provocative interpretation of the causes of the global financial crisis and the policies needed to return to rapid growth. Whether you… — Nouriel Roubini
Only one book is worth reading: the heart. — Ajahn Chah
Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading. — Steve Lopez
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing that criticism written… — George Bernard Shaw
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
If you like eating meat but want to eat ethically, this is the book for you. From the hard-headed, clear-eyed, and sympathetic perspective of butchers… — Marion Nestle
Anything John Stott says is worth listening to. Anything he writes is worth reading. Basic Christianity is not only a classic must-read for every believer;… — Anne Graham Lotz

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