Reading Quotes
I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.
The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.
I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.
Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today. I'm looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading books.
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its pages.
It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing.
And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.
You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
Teaching vocabulary lists is inefficient - the time is better spent reading alone.
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
Literature is the supreme means by which you renew your sensuous and emotional life and learn a new awareness.
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.
I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are.
Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.
I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.
The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor.
I get clarity through quiet time, reflection, reading, and meditation. Finding the space between thoughts gives me the energy to take on new challenges with enthusiasm.
A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.
I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.
Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply.
I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to literature and theory. I wish I could have more of that in life, but I don't because I'm always reading scripts or things to prepare for movies when I'm reading.
