Books Quote by Richard Smyth Download Open image ““I was well-read but perhaps that only made me stupid.”” — Richard Smyth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Intelligence Knowledge Philosophy Richard-smyth Stupidity Well-read Wild-ink Wisdom
“I maybe uneducated and unworldly, but I'm not stupid or unread.” — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“It's not just that I'm stupid; it's that I'm just smart enough to know how stupid I am. I wish I weren't so stupid.… — John S. Hall Copy Share Image
“It was easy to see that he was clever and well read, but he was also boring.” — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“I don't write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am--though I am rather clever and well read as… — John Heath-Stubbs Copy Share Image
“I did not think about what sort of people might read it. In fact, I was writing it for myself.” — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“People don’t read as much anymore. That’s why they’re so stupid.” — Isabella Fontaine Copy Share Image
“Not that it matters. It didn't kill me. You don't die that easily, but let me tell you, you come close to it. Afterwards,… — Magda Szabó Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that I wanted to be a writer; I just didn't want to be stupid.” — David Carr Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it's impolite to die so flippantly, after all she's done for me.” — Richard Smyth Copy Share Image
“There are too many years around this table, too much time confined in one place.” — Richard Smyth Copy Share Image
“My pains, sometimes seem like witch hunters: confess, confess, confess. Like a heavy stone on my rib-cage. Confess to what? And, of course, I… — Richard Smyth Copy Share Image
“You hear about ghosts: sad ghosts, angry ghosts.I'll tell you, the worst is when they laugh, and the worst sort are the ones whose… — Richard Smyth Copy Share Image
“Is the undertaker joyous when his turn comes around? All those years holding the door open. To pass through - does it feel like… — Richard Smyth 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
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker 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
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb 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
