Quotes About Knowledge

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Reading equals hope times change.

I've loved reading all my life.

If you enjoy reading something, read it.

I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.

Over the years, I began to understand that there were a lot of people out there reading physics in popular literature that they could not understand - not because it was too advanced, but because it wasn't advanced enough.

You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.

My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't want to know.

Reading is No. 1 - I have to read, or I can't write.

I just preach the importance of reading, the importance of learning and challenging yourself to be the best you can be in life, whatever it is you do.

You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

When you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why are they reading the newspaper?' When you're young, you're not reading the newspaper. But there comes a time in your life when the newspaper's cool.

If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.

Every successful business professional I know is constantly learning, reading, growing in their field.

I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.

I enjoy reading books.

My books don't sell anymore. There are many reasons why they don't sell, but one of the reasons is because people don't read anymore. Forget about reading books of detail - they don't read at all.

I need to continue reading books, and I like to learn about different people in the world, different people with success in and outside of football.

You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.

I'm always reading books.

My mom says: 'Why aren't you a doctor?' and I'm like, 'I am a doctor!' and she's all, 'No, I mean a real doctor.' She reads my books, but she says they give her a headache.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.