Quotes about Not Reading

I do Q&As, not readings. Votes: 4

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. Votes: 4

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Votes: 4

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well. Votes: 4

I like reading. I prefer not reading on my computer, because that makes whatever I am reading feel like work. I do not mind reading on my iPad. Votes: 4

Besides, rereading, not reading, is what counts. Votes: 3

You cannot grow If you are not reading. Votes: 3

Never loan money, you're not reading or willing to give away. Votes: 3

[On not reading newspapers:] If something important happens, your mother calls you. Votes: 3

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books? Votes: 3

If I don't have words, it's a sign I'm not reading enough. Votes: 3

It is in doing things and not reading about them that results come about. Votes: 3

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Votes: 3

Memorizing, guessing, looking at pictures, predicting, substituting, and skipping, are not reading; they are very bad habits. Votes: 3

Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience iswhat you get from not reading it. Votes: 3

How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? Votes: 3

People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries. Votes: 3

If you always feel comfortable reading God's Word, you're either not reading ALL of it, or you aren't letting it sink in. Votes: 3

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading. Votes: 3

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper. Votes: 3

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them. Votes: 3

He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a creature gorged with existence. Votes: 3

Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments. Votes: 3

The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo to most Tweets. Votes: 3

The great thing about reading for Quentin [Tarantino] is you're not reading for him, he's reading with you. So he sits right next to you. Votes: 3

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper. Votes: 3

Sundays are a good day to look at the limitless possibilities of the week ahead. The key is to prolong that feeling by not reading the news. Votes: 3

McLuhanism and the media have broken the back of the book business; they've freed people from the shame of not reading. They've rationalized becoming stupid and watching television. Votes: 3

I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to think about narrative was through film. Votes: 3

The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter Votes: 3

My business is not reading your messages. I don't have a business doing that. And it's against my values to do that. I don't want to read your private stuff. Votes: 3

Society has definitely gotten to the point where everybody has to comment on anything, and if you want to stay sane as a performer, you're better off not reading that stuff. Votes: 3

I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education. Votes: 3

We agreed that people are now afraid of the English language. He [T.S. Eliot] said it came of being bookish, but not reading books enough. One should read all styles thoroughly. Votes: 3

Court TV. I can't stop watching it. I am absolutely obsessed! If I'm not reading a book or spending time with my husband, my friends or my dog, I am watching Court TV Votes: 3

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout. Votes: 3

I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk is reading too many books of one 'type' in a row. Votes: 3

Court TV. I can't stop watching it. I am absolutely obsessed! If I'm not reading a book or spending time with my husband, my friends or my dog, I am watching Court TV. Votes: 3

[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting. Briefing closes down a subject, reading opens it up. Votes: 3

More and more books are published every year. If people were not reading them, they wouldn't be published. We are now reading electronic books or whatever else, but people are still reading, and people still need stories. Votes: 3

Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating. Votes: 3

I am personally not a lover of audiobooks in general, and I am indeed one of those people who don't count listening to a book being read by someone else as actually having read that book. It simply is not reading. Votes: 3

I'm not reading any kind of fantasy [for young adults] or Hunger Games or anything like that. It's more just like geeks with crushes. It's very sweet, and I'm enjoying how honest they are, and I'm enjoying the humanity in them. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying into it, and hopefully the people that do read it realise that it's just fictional stories for entertainment. Votes: 3

People are so busy positioning themselves before the screen and talking on the damn cellphones, communicating, that we're not reading, and in fact we're not really communicating, either. We're not talking to each other. There's just all these screens and wires and technology in between. Votes: 3

I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life. Votes: 3

I'm not reading any novels right now, though not for lack of trying. Unless they're really good, my attention in most novels tends to sputter out after a hundred pages or so - an awful admission for someone who is trying to write one, but it's true. Votes: 3

If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up. Even worst, you'll be missing out on one of the best experiences you can possibly have. Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books. Votes: 3

There's a certain time in the core of making a movie from pre-production to halfway through post-production I don't read any project, my agent will tell people that "he's not reading." And then when I know how the movie's probably gonna work halfway into post-production, I'll come along. Votes: 3

I feel guilty if I'm not reading books, but I read scripts of movies or things that I know I'm committed to that I'm going to do the project. I tell myself, "I'm going to read this script like six times," and I only read it the initial time. Votes: 3

Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore. Votes: 2

The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream. Votes: 2

Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds. Votes: 2

For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work. Votes: 2

I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me. Votes: 2

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. Votes: 2

You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it. Votes: 2

I'm not big on reading directions. I can't do that. I'm just not from that world. Votes: 2

The strength of fiction is not in reading about yourself, but in reading about other people. Votes: 2

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. Votes: 2

My partner doesn't read. He's not illiterate - he just chooses not to read - and I love reading. I'm obsessed with reading. Votes: 2

When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level. Votes: 2

I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading. Votes: 2

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love. Votes: 2

Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade. Votes: 2

Reading is not optional. Votes: 0

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise. Votes: 0

You're either reading a book or you're not. Votes: 0

Great relationships are based on clarity, not mind-reading. Votes: 0

Get informed, not by reading The Huffington Post. Votes: 0

I know not how to abstain from reading. Votes: 0

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here. Votes: 0

Extrinsic reading rewards may not be necessary and may backfire. Votes: 0

Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living... Votes: 0

When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both. Votes: 0

I love writing. I like reading, other people, not myself. Votes: 0

Books are for reading, not for turning oneself into livestock. Votes: 0

Not one poor reader reported a lot of pleasure reading. Votes: 0

Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think. Votes: 0

I'm not good at reading reviews and things like that. Votes: 0

I do not mind sleepless night to be involved in reading. Votes: 0

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional. Votes: 0

Not a single person has died of boredom reading this book. Votes: 0

The end of reading is not more books but more life. Votes: 0

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance. Votes: 0

Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind. Votes: 0

Do not let a book get you in a reading slump Votes: 0

The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them. Votes: 0

I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader. Votes: 0

There is hardly any grief that an hour's reading will not dissipate. Votes: 0

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. Votes: 0

Reading is the journey of those who can not take the train Votes: 0

Tape reading is a lost art that today is not very useful. Votes: 0

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Votes: 0

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Votes: 0

Reading is not walking on the words; it's grasping the soul of them. Votes: 0

When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think. Votes: 0

After ten pages I felt that Nietzsche was reading me, not I him. Votes: 0

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word. Votes: 0

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre. Votes: 0

Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end. Votes: 0

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough. Votes: 0

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being. Votes: 0

My books are not generic. You know when you're reading a Joy Fielding book. Votes: 0

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind. Votes: 0

Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation. Votes: 0

Myths are not to be despised, but reading them literally is not to be recommended. Votes: 0

I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue. Votes: 0

For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime. Votes: 0

I enjoy reading blogs, but am not interested in having my spurious thoughts out there. Votes: 0

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. Votes: 0

The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers. Votes: 0

Reading. I know it's not a very active activity, but it is in my head. Votes: 0

The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world. Votes: 0

I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading. Votes: 0

Until the Bible begins to talk to us, we really have not been reading it. Votes: 0

I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball. Votes: 0

I have rock climbed but not in awhile. Love all sports, reading, cooking, some carpentry, gardening. Votes: 0

Reading books about enlightenment does not make you enlightened at all. You have to meditate yourself. Votes: 0

Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb. Votes: 0

A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it. Votes: 0

No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams. Votes: 0

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. Votes: 0

Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages. Votes: 0

Reading is an activity of the imagination, and the imagination in question is not the writer's alone. Votes: 0

A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating. Votes: 0

I'm blissfully not writing anything. Just doing a lot of reading and hopefully some thinking as well. Votes: 0

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. Votes: 0

Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name. Votes: 0

THE EXPERIENCE OF READING A COMIC SHOULD NOT BE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TURN EACH PAGE. Votes: 0

I'm always writing - its what I like to do. But when I'm not writing, I'm reading. Votes: 0

Anybody who is afraid of reading a page of text is not the reader that I want. Votes: 0

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India. Votes: 0

I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow. Votes: 0

I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing. Votes: 0

The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God. Votes: 0

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. Votes: 0

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. Votes: 0

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry Votes: 0

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry. Votes: 0

It is a reading age, a preaching age, a working age, but it is not a praying age. Votes: 0

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking. Votes: 0

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento) Votes: 0

Reading is not an operation performed on something inert but a relationship entered into with another vital being. Votes: 0

The mass of the reading public is not interested in learning and assimilating the results of accurate investigation. Votes: 0

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Votes: 0

It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then. Votes: 0

Reading and writing are not education if they do not help people to be kind to all creatures Votes: 0

One cannot learn how to be creative by reading Marx. Either one is creative or one is not. Votes: 0

Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading. Votes: 0

When men are growing up and they're reading about Batman, Spiderman, Superman ... those are not fantasies ... they're options. Votes: 0

The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites. Votes: 0

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths"¦ Votes: 0

I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty. Votes: 0

When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent. Votes: 0

When you're reading my book, you're not in a four dimensional continuum, you're in my continuum, the Grossman continuum. Votes: 0

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. Votes: 0

When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much. Votes: 0

Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Votes: 0

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. Votes: 0

Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence. Votes: 0

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. Votes: 0

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. Votes: 0

Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways. Votes: 0

I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me. Votes: 0

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing. Votes: 0

If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is. Votes: 0

After reading a paper by a young theoretical scientist, Pauli, shaking his head sadly, commented: That is not even wrong. Votes: 0

If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is. Votes: 0

You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading. Votes: 0

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem. Votes: 0

If you are reading this, you are still alive, and, therefore, the story is not over. Something else could happen. Votes: 0

I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children. Votes: 0

If you are not highly educated, you will need to abandon your anxiety and fear of reading and doing research. Votes: 0

I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading. Votes: 0

Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world. Votes: 0

The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading. Votes: 0

Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens. Votes: 0

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will. Votes: 0

Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading. Votes: 0

I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it. Votes: 0

When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere. Votes: 0

The thing that makes reading and writing suspect in the eyes of the market economy is that it's not corrupted. Votes: 0

I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.' Votes: 0

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing. Votes: 0

This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it. Votes: 0

I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up. Votes: 0

There's a limit that you will not be able to go past if you don't understand the importance of reading. Votes: 0

Let the enemy fall by their swords. Words not worth reading die their own death. But our Words will be Told! Votes: 0

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise. Votes: 0

He always thinks because I'm reading, I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted. Votes: 0

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action. Votes: 0

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action. Votes: 0

Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school. Votes: 0

Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it. Votes: 0

Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species. Votes: 0

Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner. Votes: 0

It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices. Votes: 0

I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain. Votes: 0

The same common sense which makes an author write good things, makes him dread they are not good enough to deserve reading. Votes: 0

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles. Votes: 0

He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods; the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted. Votes: 0

Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs. Votes: 0

I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real. Votes: 0

It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth. Votes: 0

This is the most important principle of reading on the Internet: You must determine for yourself whether or not something is true. Votes: 0

For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial. Votes: 0

I spent lots of time reading the encyclopedia and really kind of an eclectic approach to learning things - not very structured. Votes: 0

In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature. Votes: 0

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. Votes: 0

To get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you're not Votes: 0

Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV. Votes: 0

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. Votes: 0

I'm not dead. But when I am, it's likeI don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody's reading. Votes: 0

The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading. Votes: 0

Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience. Votes: 0

Try reading the Book of Mormon because you want to, not because you have to. Discover for yourself that it is true. Votes: 0

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing. Votes: 0

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table. Votes: 0

You are reading me; over the boundary of time and distance, I am touching you, not with my hands but with my love. Votes: 0

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. Votes: 0

It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading. Votes: 0

OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything. Votes: 0

I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a book. Votes: 0

Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty. Votes: 0

I'm not that into reading. If I'm gonna read, I'm gonna read some cool sci-fi book or something, not some stupid self-help book. Votes: 0

Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets. Votes: 0

I enjoy going to campuses and reading and doing a class or teaching and then running away and not having to grade papers. Votes: 0

We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its pages. Votes: 0

I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder. Votes: 0

This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication. Votes: 0

The worst that can be said about pornography is that it leads not to anti-social acts but to the reading of more pornography Votes: 0

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading. Votes: 0

I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner. Votes: 0

Some people read books on musicians, while I read music books. Not books on music, but literally books full of sheet music. Fascinating reading. Votes: 0

Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.) Votes: 0

I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do. Votes: 0

The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work. Votes: 0

What reading does, ultimately, is keep alive the dangerous and exhilarating idea that life is not a sequence of lived moments, but a destiny. Votes: 0

It would take me years of reading, thought, and experience to learn again that in this world limits are not only inescapable but indispensable. Votes: 0

War is not for winning, Masha, sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. It is for surviving. Votes: 0

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books. Votes: 0

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. Votes: 0

Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you're not there anymore. It's better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal. Votes: 0

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving. Votes: 0

I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me. Votes: 0

Oh, I guess I'm physically able to father a child. That's not what I'm thinking. I'm too closely married to a quiet reading lamp. Votes: 0

I've been reading a lot of books on history, and watching a lot of educational TV. Wikipedia too, even though it is not reliable. Votes: 0

According to a new study, our email is not as safe as we thought. How do they know this? They've been reading my email. Votes: 0

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! Votes: 0

If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good. Votes: 0

Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe. Votes: 0

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them. Votes: 0

I was in a convenience store, reading a magazine. The clerk told me, "this is not a library!" "OK! I will talk louder, then!" Votes: 0

If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it? Votes: 0

There is no right or wrong reading of Naked Lunch, though some readings are more common, and thus Burroughs commercial is not the issue. Votes: 0

A taste for the best reading is not cultivated in Spanish girls, even where the treasures of that great Castilian literature are accessible to them. Votes: 0

A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular. Votes: 0

I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn't much of an escape. That's not always true, but I don't read much contemporary fiction. Votes: 0

I'm really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they're reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary effects. Votes: 0

I'll not have my grandson subjected to the humiliation of his reading becoming public. We have to cope with this disgrace discreetly -- Grandma Ruth Votes: 0

When I'm not writing music, I'm playing guitar, or reading philosophy. So all I have left is just an hour or two for Claudia Schiffer. Votes: 0

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us? Votes: 0

Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet. Votes: 0

On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.' Votes: 0

Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future. Votes: 0

Whether or not this story has a happy ending depends, of course, on who is reading it. Whether you are a wolf or a girl. Votes: 0

Life is not a piece of tragic fiction in which, at the end of the reading, we all get up and go out for drinks. Votes: 0

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading children. Votes: 0

I quickly learned, however, that a university education is not a prerequisite to reading Shakespeare. After all, his original audience was not college-educated. Neither was he. Votes: 0

Poor reading, like poor writing, is imposing what you already know on texts. You should go into reading to discover, not to reaffirm what you know. Votes: 0

Enlightenment is the culmination of self-knowledge, pure unadulterated knowledge. Not knowledge you can get from reading a book, it comes from perfecting your awareness, your mind. Votes: 0

Who says reading should be easy? Shouldn't it challenge you as hard sometimes as love. Maybe "hard" is not the right word in this context. Ha! Votes: 0

I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time. Votes: 0

I also learned from reading the left-wing press about the [Franklin] Roosevelt administration's indirect support for Francisco Franco, which was not well known, and still isn't. Votes: 0

I know a lot about forming personal connections with people. Not from, you know, personal interaction or anything, but from reading about it alone, in silence. Votes: 0

Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory. Votes: 0

Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is hearsay. Votes: 0

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes. Votes: 0

While their competition is asleep, world-class leaders are up - and they're not watching the news or reading the paper. They are thinking, planning and practicing. Votes: 0

A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading. Votes: 0

I'm not really one for reading books. I have a very poor attention span. I'd rather listen to music, play games or watch films on my iPad. Votes: 0

Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of gimmicks to "personalize" the author. Votes: 0

Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why it survives Votes: 0

I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up. Votes: 0

The Kindle is the most successful electronic book-reading tablet so far, but that's not saying much; Silicon Valley is littered with the corpses of e-book reader projects. Votes: 0

Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate. Votes: 0

I know I have a problem with semi-colon abuse and have written page-long sentences. Nobody needs to be reading page-long sentences, at least not written by me. Votes: 0

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it. Votes: 0

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive. Votes: 0

Not wanting anyone to pop my bubble by speaking to me, I immediately began reading Lesbian Nuns, and that did the trick. No one attempted small talk. Votes: 0

The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it. Votes: 0

If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help. Votes: 0

What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not worth reading. Votes: 0

I never read Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier." I've been reading books that I should have read years ago and did not. That's one of them. Votes: 0

I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out of it as I can. Votes: 0

I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply a means of passing time. Votes: 0

…she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same — you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again. Votes: 0

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is already reading it. Votes: 0

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. Votes: 0

The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things. Votes: 0

All these are readers, and their gestures, their craft, the pleasure, the responsibility and the power they derive from reading, are common with mine. I am not alone. Votes: 0

Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in a dictionary and reading a definition. Votes: 0

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me. Votes: 0

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for. Votes: 0

The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column. Votes: 0

The problem is that many who reject Marx do not read him, or read him only by bringing prejudices to their reading that prevent them from understanding him. Votes: 0

I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real. Votes: 0

A classroom atmosphere that promotes reading does not come from the furniture and its placement as much as it comes from the teacher's expectation that students will read. Votes: 0

Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day. Votes: 0

Not reading a beautiful book again because you've already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already. Votes: 0

You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it. Votes: 0

As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer. Votes: 0

There are strong people who aren't able to climb. It's about reading the rock, knowing how to position your body and having the tenacity to not let go. Votes: 0

If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding. Votes: 0

You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don't figure out how to cook without reading a recipe. Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about. Votes: 0

Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book. Votes: 0

Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth reading-is about something. Votes: 0

The way to improve our schools is not more money, but the reintroduction of moral and spiritual values, as well as the four R's: reading, 'riting, 'rithmatic, and Rush. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're going to go and find something else. Votes: 0

The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able to form some conception. Votes: 0

The temptation is not here, where you are reading about it or praying about it. It is down in your shop, among bales and boxes, ten-penny nails, and sand-paper. Votes: 0

True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon pure and heroic action. Votes: 0

It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but not of the world. Votes: 0

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives. Votes: 0

The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically. Votes: 0

I'm not too concerned what happens to my books after I'm dead. But I am very concerned by what's going on with the culture of reading and writing nowadays. Votes: 0

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever. Votes: 0

In fact, the Devil is delighted when we spend our time and energy defending the Bible, as long as we do not get around to actually reading the Bible. Votes: 0

I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it. Votes: 0

At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom. Votes: 0

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy Votes: 0

The power of readers lies not in their ability to gather information, in their ordering and cataloguing capability, but in their gift to interpret, associate and transform their reading. Votes: 0

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond. Votes: 0