Quotes About Reading

The skill, the art of literacy is a gift. To read is to watch in your mind as a single word explodes into a confetti of images. Truly, of all the gifts given to man, reading is most sacred, For from words come dreams and from dreams come great tomorrows.

The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.

So I just live with my insomnia. I do crossword puzzles, or wander out to the music room and fool around on the piano, or read. Those late hours when the world is completely still, when the only sound is the rustle of the air in the vents and the wind visiting the trees outside, when the darkness is tucked tight around the house and you feel as life itself the movements of your own consciousness-these are wonderful hours to read. There is no interruption.

The pages gather in his left hand, thin out in his right.

There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

Sit down, have a nice cup of coffee read a book in another language - the fountain of youth!

When a man sits buried in a book, it is not the man that you see and know that is reading: deep down in him are antecedent generations--soldiers, pirates, martyrs, fading back to cave men. As he reads, the 'universal' book is calling to one of them.

We already knew how much there was; it was splashed all over the evening papers in large, glaring headlines: 'Bank robbers grab £67,500!' 'Biggest bank robbery ever!' 'Daring bandits escape with huge sum!' Take your pick; it all made lurid reading. According to the press the police were closing in on the raiders and their arrest was imminent. I got up and put the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door - that should stop them!

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

The first movement in human history to trust the ordinary person's ability to judge the weight of evidence for themselves was the drive to get people to read the Bible for themselves.

The main thing you need to know about instructions is that no one is going to read them—at least not until after repeated attempts at "muddling through" have failed.

Reading is a lot like physical exercise. Reading is a workout for the brain.

I have read 10,000 word articles that were a complete waste of time.  And I've read 500 word articles that have changed my life.

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Oh, c'mon, Boss. Where's your sense of history?" "I like to read about history, not make it." "You see, Boss? It's because of attitudes like yours that there are so few human heroes." "And so many humans.