Book Quote by Frederick A Babb

No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.

— Stanislaw Lem

“At some point in reading, we realize we have to read not just the books that we'd enjoy, but the books that move us,…

— Nema Al-Araby

“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can read…

— A. Edward Newton

It is one of the misfortunes in life that one must read thousands of books only to discover that one need not have read…

— Thomas de Quincey

“Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Prior to any generalization about literature, literary texts have to be read, and the possibility of reading can never be taken for granted. It…

— Paul De Man

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.

— Jacques Ellul

Some readers read a book as if it were an instruction manual, expecting to understand everything first time, but of course when you write,…

— Hilary Mantel

Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more…

— A. Edward Newton

One who does not like to read is equal to one who cannot read.

— Vikrant Parsai

“If you only read literature books, only novels, only poetry, only theatre, you are not reading a book! To read in the real sense…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“a book is the pinnacle of arrogance for it demands to be heard, but it cannot listen. It desires to communicate, yet it refuses…

— Alec Hutson