Quotes About Reading

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry

I never really liked "cool" books. I plowed through as much Borges and Joyce as possible, read the first half of V. and spent whole Bar Mitzvah checks on Beat poetry.

In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry

I thought it was irrelevant to talk about what a wonderful thing poetry was if you didn't teach people to read.

When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.

So few people read poetry. That's sad, isn't it?

I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

Reading musses up my mind.

Sales of George Orwell's 1984 have skyrocketed. It's true. So the fallout from the (NSA spying) scandal is worse than we thought. It's forcing Americans to read.

Things to know from books to read

All of the common core standards stuff about critical reading and critical thinking and so on can only be positive.

A book can transform your life and add new dimensions to the way you think.

Reading is the noblest of all the hobbies, that is why people mention it so frequently in their resume even if they don't read much.

Discover. Read. Learn.

Reading the timeless stories strengthen my spirit in times of suffering.

Reading is learning: Secure Future and earnings

Pages entertain me more than pictures do.

One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime.

What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.