Reading Books Quotes - Page 19

• Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

  Maxim Gorky

  Book, Reading, Thinking

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• You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others.

  Joseph Delaney

  Book, Reading

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• Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us.

  C. S. Lewis

  Children, Book, Reading

  C. S. Lewis (2002). “On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature”, p.58, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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• What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct, and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Funny, Book, Reading

  Jerome K. Jerome (2015). “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.5, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Reading, Book

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Funny, Book, Reading

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• When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.

  Sarah Zettel

  Inspirational, Dance, Reading

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• You could buy my book in a paperback edition for a dollar, and in hard covers for $3.50. And for fifty cents extra, I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you're turning the pages.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Book, Reading

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• Reading books everyone died, none became any wise.
  One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.

  Kabir

  Wise, Book, Reading

  Kabir, “Looking At The Grinding Stones - Dohas (Couplets) I”

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• However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

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• You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Book, Reading, Character

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• In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Civilization, Delight

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.143

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• Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books, attending meetings, asking questions. But entrance requires much bolder action. It requires one to enter into himself, to uncover hidden motives, to see contradictions, and to realize his actual power for self-change.

  Vernon Howard

  Motivational, Book, Reading

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• It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.

  Gary Oldman

  Book, Reading, Ideas

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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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