Biographies Quote by David McCullough

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

— Julian Barnes

When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into…

— Julian Barnes

When you read a great book at one point in your life then in another part of your life, when you read the same…

— Keith David

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.

— Charles Bukowski

“great book stands the test of time unlike my good self….”

— Douglas Adams

Read. Read every chance you get. Read to keep growing. Read history. Read poetry. Read for pure enjoyment. Read a book called Life on…

— David McCullough

“Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly…

— David McCullough

Every year, I have my graduate students read the great works of history, from classical times to the present. They gamely tackle Tacitus, ponder…

— H. W. Brands

“Read the great books, gentlemen,” Mr. Monte said one day. “Just the great ones. Ignore the others. There’s not enough time.”

— Pat Conroy

I read a great deal, avoided the comapny of the children in school who seemed superfical, and fell in love with nature.

— Frederick Lenz

“Every child deserves to be read to. It is a great bonding time for you and your baby.”

— Anonymous

I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books,…

— William Morris