Book Quote by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Download Open image “To read well is to prepare oneself to live wisely, kindly and wittily.” — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Inspirational Kindly Wittily Live Wisely Oneself Read Prepare Wells Wisely Wisely Kindly
A well-read writer, with good taste, is one who has the command of the wit of other men; he searches where knowledge is to… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
Reading well is one of the greatest pleasures that solitude can afford you. — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The point of reading is not reading but living. Reading helps you live with greater appreciation, keener insight and heightened emotional awareness.” — Steve Leveen Copy Share Image
“To read is to humble yourself to learn and to love yourself to be entertained.” — Miranda A. Uyeh Copy Share Image
A story is an invitation, and a challenge, and a choice. — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
So our task as stewards of the word begins and ends in love. Loving language means cherishing it for its beauty, precision, power to… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
“And sometimes words become objects of interest in themselves. Suddenly we notice them. We see and hear them the way poets do, as having… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
One function of the imagination in autobiographical writing is to allow the writer to try out different versions of the self. — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be precise requires… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
Every sentence has its drumbeat. rhythm is one of the most powerful dimensions of language: it separates tribes, united families, soothes children, and shocks… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
