Books Quote by Joan Vass

“It’s always encouraging to be told that it is intellectually acceptable to read the sorts of things that you like to read anyway.”

— Margaret Atwood

“As for those who think they don't like to read, well, I know they're making a mistake, just as all of us do when…

— Clifton Fadiman

“I think intellectualism can be a barrier to reading. The point of a book - song, film, whatever - is to FEEL it. That’s…

— Matt Haig

“First, you don't have to be smart to read books. Lots of idiots read books. Trust me, the ability to read does not necessarily…

— Marie Sexton

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

— Dermot Davis

“If education makes a person ignorant towards others, then I'd rather be illiterate.”

— Nonankie

“I hate it when people imply that people only read because they have nothing better to do.”

— Jo Walton

“No policeman had ever arrested anyone for over-reading; but ignorance prosecutes those who under-read. You begin to stop growing on the day you stop…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read…

— Walter Dean Myers

“I have at all times written my writings with my whole heart and soul: I do not know what purely intellectual problems are.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more…

— Maya Angelou

“People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.”

— Mark Twain