Reading Books Quotes - Page 18

• Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Wise, Reading, Book

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• It was the last generation of writers [ the Cheers] that had grown up reading books instead of watching TV. So you weren't getting anything that was derivative of I Love Lucy or Happy Days. You were getting real characters [like those] they read in P.G. Wodehouse or Dickens or somewhere along the line, because they had all grown up with a love of literature.

  John Ratzenberger

  Cheer, Real, Book

  Source: www.gq.com

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• For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.

  Betsy Byars

  Book, Reading, Writing

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• A love of reading encompasses the whole of life: information, knowledge, insight and understanding, pleasure; the power to think, to select, to act, to create - all of these are inherent in a love of reading.

  Frances Clarke Sayers

  Book, Reading, Thinking

  Frances Clarke Sayers, Marjeanne Jensen Blinn (1965). “Summoned by Books: Essays and Speeches by Frances Clarke Sayers”, New York : Viking Press

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• Computers allow us to squeeze the most out of everything, whether it's Google looking up things, so I guess that tends to make us a little lazy about reading books and doing things the hard way to understand how those things work.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Book, Reading, Google

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• My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head.

  William Butler Yeats

  Teacher, Father, Book

  William Butler Yeats (2010). “Autobiographies: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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• I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

  Charles Darwin

  Funny, Dull, Insult

  1860 The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, vol.1.

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• I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Art, Reading, Mean

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• Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.

  James Earl Jones

  Book, Reading, Sticks

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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• For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.

  Louis L'Amour

  Motivational, Reading, Numbers

  Louis L'Amour (2008). “Education of a Wandering Man”, p.25, Bantam

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• If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Writing, Achievement, Done

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.234, Xist Publishing

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• The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

  Alvin Toffler

  Education, Teaching, Illiterate Person

  "The Portrait of a Future Leader" by Anne Loehr, www.wired.com. June 18, 2015.

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• A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Friendship, Book, Reading

  'Proverbial Philosophy' Series I (1838) 'Of Reading'

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• Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Book, Phrases, Literature

  Evelyn Waugh (1983). “The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh”, Methuen

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• The greatest gift is a passion for reading.

  Elizabeth Hardwick

  Book, Reading, Passion

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• I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.

  Haruki Murakami

  Running, Book, Reading

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• I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.

  Haruki Murakami

  Book, Reading, Ordinary

  "IQ84". Book by Haruki Murakami, 2010.

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• A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

  William Styron

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.

  Susie Bright

  Book, Reading, Thinking

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• When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

  Maya Angelou

  Reading, Giving, Looks

  Twitter post from Oct 26, 2016

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• There is an art of reading, an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Art, Reading, Writing

  'The Literary Character' (1795) ch. 11

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• 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.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Book, Reading, Media

  Facebook post, www.facebook.com. January 3, 2015.

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• You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice to the whole world. For the whole world is one; you are rated a very insignificant part of it, and therefore it is right for you that you should serve your millions of brothers rather than aggrandise this little self

  Swami Vivekananda

  Brother, Book, Reading

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1341, Manonmani Publishers

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• Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.

  Ramakrishna

  Book, Reading, Thinking

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• We need to repent of our sin for not loving our children. Spend some time in repentance and read God’s Word and reading books about motherhood. You may be depleted and need fresh vision and perspective in regards to your role as a mom. Find a way to be alone for a few hours and study God’s Word as your role as a mother. If you are not enjoying your children if you’re lacking joy as a mother may I appeal to you to take whatever measures necessary to change. Repent and find a mature woman who enjoys her role as a mother to encourage you and hold you accountable to this period of your life.

  Carolyn Mahaney

  Mom, Mother, Children

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