Attention Quote by Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

— Samuel Johnson

We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.

— John Keats

What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Don't be amazed if you see my eyes always wandering. In fact, this is my way of reading, and it is only in this…

— Italo Calvino

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count…

— Bennett Cerf

Reading is one of the most individual things that happens. So every reader is going to read a piece in a slightly different way,…

— Margaret Atwood

I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act.

— George Pelecanos

Reading activates and exercises the mind. Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page,…

— Anonymous

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

— John Locke

Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards…

— Samuel Johnson

This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in; those who have read of everything, are thought to understand…

— John Locke

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer