Quotes About Reading

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

What went on in that tower was excruciatingly painful. Wilmer Stone read our stories to us in a monotone as if he were reading from the pages of a phone directory. What we learned with each stab of pain was that the words themselves and not the inflections supplied by the reader had to carry the emotion of the story.

Wilmer Stone read our stories to us in a monotone as if he were reading from the pages of a phone directory. What we learned with each stab of pain was that the words themselves and not the inflections supplied by the reader had to carry the emotion of the story.

I love to read, but I can't stand books like that. And I flat out refuse to have one of those lives that I wouldn't even want to read about." "But at least I'm numb -- as if my heart's been Novocained.

Secretly, I'm a real big nerd. I'd rather stay home and play Scrabble than go to a Hollywood party, any day of the week. And I love reading about history and watching the Discovery Channel.

Reading is of great service towards procuring recollection in any one who proceeds in this way; and it is even necessary for him, however little it may be that he reads, if only as a substitute for the mental prayer which is beyond his reach.

My fondness for good books was my salvation.

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

I think it's a pity she doesn't read because it means we shan't ever be able to talk about the books we've both read and recommend them to one another.

The only advice anybody can give is if you want to be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything.

J'ai rencontré quelqu'un qui avait si peu lu qu'il devait inventer lui-même ses citations de classiques.

I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.

No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

Quem lê fica a refletir, quem reflete forma uma opinião, quem tem uma opinião pode disssidir, quem se torna dissidente passa a ser inimigo. É tão simples como isto.

Da leitura resulta a autoconfiança, da autoconfiança resulta a coragem de ter ideias próprias. Os homens não gostam necessariamente de mulheres que lêem.

Reading is an act of friendly isolation. When we are reading, we make ourselves unapproachable in a tactful way. Perhaps that is exactly what has interested painters for so long in the portrayal of readers: showing people in a state of deepest intimacy not intended for outsiders. If the viewer were to approach the reader in real life, this condition would immediately be threatened. So painting allows us to see what we actually cannot see, or see only at the price of destroying it.

la sola idea de un libro con palabras alineadas, renglones, páginas y hojas, la sola idea de un libro en el que leer, perseguir y capturar pensamientos nuevos, frescos, diferentes de los míos, pensamientos para distraerse y para atesorarlos en mi cerebro, esa sola idea era capaz de embriagarme y también de serenarme.

Leía como otros rezan... Leía con un ensimismamiento tan impresionante que desde entonces cualquier otra persona a la que yo haya visto leyendo me ha parecido un ser profano.

Ils avaient fui les perils de la conversation pour le terrain plus rassurant des livres.

sadece yaln?zl?k çeken çocuklar tutkular?n? bütünüyle, dagilmaksizin koruyabilirler, ötekiler, duygular?n? baÅŸkalar?yla beraberlik atmosferinde gevezeliklerle harcarlar, yakinliklarla koreltirler, aÅŸk hakk?nda çok ÅŸey okumuslardir, duymuÅŸlard?r ve aÅŸk?n ortak bir kader olduÄŸunu bilirler.

Jakob Mendel] leggeva come altri pregano, come i giocatori giocano e gli ubriachi tengono lo sguardo fisso nel vuoto storditi.

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