Books Quote by Dan Simmons

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little is worse than a man who never attempts to read

— Keorapetse Phelelo

“reading is the equivallent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with ones own”

— Arthur Sch

“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

And if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged (or intense) exposure of…

— Harold Brodkey

“The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.”

— C.S. Lewis

“For most people read not with their minds, but with their emotions and prejudices. They read into or read out of a piece of…

— Sydney J. Harris

“Never trust a man who writes more than he reads.”

— Samuel Johnson

“Your problem, dear chap, as I have had occassion to remind you, is that you see but you do not observe; you hear but…

— Edward B. Hanna

“I don’t like writers whose writing is so obvious that I can predict what he’ll write while I’m still taking in his current thoughts.…

— Jarod Kintz

“People don’t read to enlighten themselves or seek to gain some valuable insight into their own psychology. People read to escape.”

— Dermot Davis

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say…

— Isaac Asimov