Forget the world Quote by Peter Cole Friedman

I want to read philosophers.

— Saul Kripke

At one point I took a copy of Berkeley's Principles from my father's library. That was the first philosophy book I read. I found…

— Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

“Philosophy is nice word, people would like to read on it, I feel rather reading book on philosophy one must live philosophy.”

— Manish Lakhani

My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

— F. Sionil Jose

I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small.

— Peter Ackroyd

“The only way to survive such shitty times, if you ask me, is to write and read big, fat books, you know? And I’m…

— Slavoj Žižek

I want to study philosophy. That fascinates me.

— Millicent Simmonds

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

— Bruno Tonioli

When I do read, it tends to be serious books like autobiographies and if I've met a famous person, I'll read up on them.

— Graeme Souness

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

— S. E. Hinton

[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.

— Anthony Bourdain

“Read regularly and wildey, choose your topics wisely”

— Faris Shuaib