Quotes About Reading

Not all activities are equal... Those that involve genuine concentration - studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing - are associated with a lower risk for dementia.

Do you eat decayed food? No. Well, don't feed your mind with decayed books. Be as careful with the nutrition of your mind as you are with the nutrition of your body.

I read a lot, and I think it's important to stay current on the new health kicks. Some are out there just to make money, but some are really worth investigating and incorporating into our diets.

I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.

If I am intuitively led to buy and read a book, what that means is that there is something there that will help me grow spiritually.

I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.

I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness of Virtue of all Kinds, Publick Spirit, Fortitude.

When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king and his mistress.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

The history of food has never had a better biographer. Required reading for anyone who eats.

Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.

More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up to date than the daily newspapers.

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around.

nothing decorates a home like books. There they are, waiting to decorate the mind, too!

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.

Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

I read a lot of books. So, usually when I go home I try to re-charge my batteries and absorb new stories to become inspired again.

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.