Being Quote by Winston Churchill

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

— Winston Churchill

“This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read.”

— Winston S. Churchill

Reading can be dangerous.

— Diane Setterfield

The less we read, the more harmful it is what we read.

— Miguel de Unamuno

As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.

— Karin Slaughter

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

— Anonymous

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative.

— Janet Evanovich

In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.

— Luc de Clapiers

“Reading may be the last secretive behavior that is neither pathological or prosecutable. It is certainly the last refuge from the real-time epidemic. For…

— Richard Powers

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

— Michel Houellebecq

I don't think you should limit what you read.

— Nate Silver