Quotes about Reading Books

I grew up reading books about heroic collies. Votes: 4

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books. Votes: 4

I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries. Votes: 4

Keep reading books, but remember that a book's only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself. Votes: 4

I finished all the math books by third grade and most of the reading books. So I was considered disruptive. Votes: 4

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings. Votes: 4

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: 4

i really like reading books Votes: 3

You can learn investing by reading books. Votes: 3

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage. Votes: 3

I spent my life in the library reading books. Votes: 3

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. Votes: 3

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. Votes: 3

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. Votes: 3

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. Votes: 3

Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like reading books in the bulk. Votes: 3

All the successful personalities had one common element, they all liked reading books. Votes: 3

I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information. Votes: 3

I like cups of tea and reading books and poetry and old people things. Votes: 3

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. Votes: 3

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. Votes: 3

Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance. Votes: 3

You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others. Votes: 3

While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration. Votes: 3

My regular life today is reading books, making dolls houses, sewing dolls with my daughter and barbequing. Votes: 3

I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised. Votes: 3

I love reading books, I love the way they feel and getting through it. It's like an event! Votes: 3

Dirac politely refused Robert's [Robert Oppenheimer] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought." Votes: 3

I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life. Votes: 3

If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example. Votes: 3

I'm always reading books-as many as there are. I ration myself on them so that I'll always be in supply. Votes: 3

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. Votes: 3

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend. Votes: 3

I'm always nervous about going home, just as I am nervous about rereading books that have meant a lot to me. Votes: 3

It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself. Votes: 3

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: 3

Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still. Votes: 3

Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us. Votes: 3

For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me. Votes: 3

I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk. Votes: 3

If you spend all your time reading books that you only pretend to understand, year after year, there isn't much room for anything else. Votes: 3

...That he'd seen...two people, a young man and a woman, sitting on invisible furniture with their feet up, reading books and eating chocolates. Votes: 3

I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking. Votes: 3

My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs. Votes: 3

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table. Votes: 3

No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right. Votes: 3

Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won't consider reading books in hardcover. Votes: 3

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard. Votes: 3

I'm obsessed with TV. How wrong our parents were when they said we should only watch an hour a day. Stop wasting your time reading books. Votes: 3

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: 3

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things. Votes: 3

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: 3

There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things. Votes: 3

I was born in Japan and raised in Japan, but those are the only things that make me Japanese, I've grown up reading books from all over. Votes: 3

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: 3

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: 3

I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear. Votes: 3

Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have stopped reading books. Printed books won't go away, but ebooks won't go away, either. Votes: 3

Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and more, at younger and younger ages, until they're reading books to babies in the womb. Votes: 3

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. Votes: 3

I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow as a human being after reading them. Votes: 3

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: 3

I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did. Votes: 3

The implications are clear: Facebook wants to build an Internet where watching films, listening to music, reading books and even browsing is done not just openly but socially and collaboratively. Votes: 3

Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to. Votes: 3

I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself. Votes: 3

I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, Another box arrived! Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales. Votes: 3

I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, 'Another box arrived!' Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales. Votes: 3

Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books. Votes: 3

I want to be with my wife. Sitting on a deckchair, sipping some tea, and reading books in a retirement home, in a beautiful and warm place. I'm a romantic guy. Votes: 3

I tried to get into comics initially after I graduated Clemson in 1994. I spent a year trying to get in, and I quit reading books because not getting in made me sad. 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

Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today. I'm looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading books. Votes: 3

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Votes: 3

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Votes: 3

In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year. Votes: 3

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Votes: 3

I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in these topics I learned much on my own, reading books. Votes: 3

It's tricky turning a book into a movie. Sometimes people love the book so much that no adaptation lives up to what they imagined. You can avoid that disappointment by never, ever reading books. Votes: 3

I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want. Votes: 3

I'm 40 years old, and I still love watching Bugs Bunny slap the bull on the nose. I still watch those cartoons, and yet I also enjoy reading books about science, or the current fiction. Votes: 3

Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us. No reader worth his salt trots along in obedience to a time-table. Votes: 3

I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I think I do that subconsciously when I'm reading books of poetry. Votes: 3

I found out a long time ago that if I indulged by stuffing my face with great food, lying about reading books and watching TV or talking on the phone, I was not a happy camper. Votes: 3

Of all the characters I've played, I relate the most to Isabel in Hugo. She's so adventurous and fun. She just loves reading books and those are her adventures. Isabel is a heightened version of my personality. Votes: 3

I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that I was actually forbidden from reading books during school hours by my teachers. Votes: 3

Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure. Votes: 3

Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most nourishing are richly stored with it, and that is the main object to seek in reading books. Votes: 3

I wondered if there was a way to teach people how to use their imaginations in prayer and worship. So I began reading books on cognitive therapy and neuroscience and started studying the devotional traditions of the church. Votes: 3

I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence and misery, I made a more conscious attempt with The Heavenly Table to do that myself. Votes: 3

For twenty years I strove to free myself from what I retained of my education; I indulged my curiosity by reading books less to learn than to efface from my memory the ideas that had been thrust upon it. Votes: 3

I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective. Votes: 3

For twenty years I strove to free myself from what I retained of my education; I indulged my curiosity by reading books less to learn than to efface from my memory the ideas that had been thrust upon it. Votes: 3

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best. I have wanted only one thing to make me happy, but wanting that have wanted everything. Votes: 3

For Borges, the core of reality lay in books; reading books, writing books, talking about books. In a visceral way, he was conscious of continuing a dialogue begun thousands of years before and which he believed would never end. Votes: 3

You can never learn Sales by reading books and watching videos, you can only get motivated by that.. To learn Sales (telesales) dial 300+ calls daily and (direct field sales) meet at-least 5 clients daily...Only customers can teach u sales! Votes: 3

When you're younger and you see something that really speaks to you, it's indelible in a way that's not the same as when you're an adult. So I'll always love reading books and making movies that resonate with young people. Votes: 3

Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience. Votes: 3

Computers allow us to squeeze the most out of everything, whether it's Google looking up things, so I guess that tends to make us a little lazy about reading books and doing things the hard way to understand how those things work. Votes: 3

Four of my children are daughters, and Ive watched them devote themselves to reading books about how little girls learn to become women - how they learn to deal with boys and men, and the different hurdles females have to go over. Votes: 3

Four of my children are daughters, and I've watched them devote themselves to reading books about how little girls learn to become women - how they learn to deal with boys and men, and the different hurdles females have to go over. Votes: 3

The freedom to be someone else entirely and be different versions of something. That's what I loved and I loved watching movies and I loved watching television, I loved reading books. That kind of escapism into another world was my favorite thing. Votes: 3

I never had a single female professor throughout my whole education, from the beginning of university to the end. Even all the books were about men; I never really liked reading books about the history of science, and I never really understood why. Votes: 3

Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading. Votes: 3

You can try reading books that will help you be a leader, like Marshall Rosenberg and Thich Nhat Hanh. Be very humble and say, "I don't know why. I don't feel qualified, but I accept this role that you gave me, and so help me." Votes: 3

I took on a year of reading books for a reason. Because words are witness to life: they record what has happened, and they make it all real. Words create the stories that become history and become unforgettable. Even fiction portrays truth: good fiction is truth. Votes: 3

Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So I talk about how people can stop separating dharma practice - going on retreats, going to dharma centers, hearing talks, reading books - from their ordinary life. Votes: 3

When I was reading books for 'Seesaw Girl,' I came across several references to the fact that in the 11th and 12th centuries, Korean pottery was considered the finest in the world. I liked that - the idea of a little tiny country being the best at something. Votes: 3

The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun. 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

I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends. Votes: 3

It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree. Votes: 3

For Jefferson, William and Mary was largely about what university life is supposed to be about: reading books, enjoying the company of like-minded, and savoring teachers who seemed to be ambassadors from other, richer, writer worlds. Jefferson believed Williamsburg "the finest school of manners and morals that ever existed in America. Votes: 3

I learned how to cook, began reading books on food. I began to understand about nutrition. It never had occurred to me that what you ate could affect how you felt. It could affect your health. It seems obvious now, but at age 23 or 22 or whatever I was, it wasn't obvious at all. Votes: 3

I was not a comic book reader, but my son is. My son wasn't really interested in reading books, which was hard for me because I love to read. It just didn't come naturally to my boy. So we kind of found comic books because they were fascinating to him. They were great stories. Votes: 3

I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone. Votes: 3

Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books, attending meetings, asking questions. But entrance requires much bolder action. It requires one to enter into himself, to uncover hidden motives, to see contradictions, and to realize his actual power for self-change. Votes: 3

I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities. Votes: 3

My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books. Votes: 3

After working with many nutritionists, reading books, and practicing trial and error on my own body, I have finally found a way to control my weight without deprivation. I call my program 'Somersizing,' and Somersizing is not a diet. Diet is a nasty four-letter word that conjures up negative thoughts of sacrifice and obsession and guilt. Votes: 3

I like reading books with both hands, with my heart pumping, with blood on the page. So I'm interested in people who make stuff, and I'm interested in the lives that make the text. To read a book or watch a movie any other way, to me, personally, feels like a waste of time and misapplication of energy. Votes: 3

I always wrote. I wrote from when I was 12. That was therapeutic for me in those days. I wrote things to get them out of feeling them, and onto paper. So writing in a way saved me, kept me company. I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. Votes: 3

Books were my pass to personal freedom. Votes: 2

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them Votes: 2

I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading. Votes: 2

Sometimes I don't like the books that I'm reading. Votes: 2

I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them. Votes: 2

I always seem to be reading several books at once. Votes: 2

What is more important than reading books; is reading people's faces. Votes: 2

You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict. Votes: 2

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Votes: 2

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. Votes: 2

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. Votes: 2

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

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. Votes: 2

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. Votes: 2

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Votes: 2

Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. Votes: 2

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. Votes: 2

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books. Votes: 2

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India. Votes: 2

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. Votes: 2

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends. Votes: 2

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books. Votes: 2

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading. Votes: 2

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. Votes: 2

I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it. Votes: 2

I still love comic books. When you have a kid, that's an excuse to keep reading all the comic books. Votes: 2

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Votes: 2

I'm usually reading too many books - in fact, I'm usually reading enough books that if the stack fell on me, I'd be injured. Votes: 2

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter. Votes: 2

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. Votes: 2

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. Votes: 2

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed. Votes: 2

I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do. Votes: 2

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser. Votes: 2

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. Votes: 2

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. Votes: 2

I would not, if I could, give up the memory of the joy I have had in books for any advantage that could be offered in other pursuits or occupations. Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer. Votes: 2

You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice. Votes: 1

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again. Votes: 1

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Votes: 1

A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books. Votes: 1

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Votes: 1

I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do. Votes: 1

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. Votes: 1

The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one's mind with other men's thoughts is to have no thoughts of one's own. Votes: 1

I love books. I enjoyed reading. Votes: 0

Books worth reading are worth re-reading. Votes: 0

Books require titles; reading them doesn't Votes: 0

We encounter great souls by reading great books. Votes: 0

Life is too short for reading inferior books. Votes: 0

Never regret losing time on reading good books Votes: 0

We travel to ancient times by reading history books. Votes: 0

I should have written books instead of reading them. Votes: 0

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. Votes: 0

Reading books would be boring if you lack imagination... Votes: 0

Reading books is good, Rereading good books is better. Votes: 0

the more the merrier. so enjoy reading more books Votes: 0

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

I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books. Votes: 0

I keep my self updated by reading different books and encyclopedias. Votes: 0

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

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading. Votes: 0

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself. Votes: 0

I kept telling my mom that reading comic books would pay off. Votes: 0

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Votes: 0

I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them. Votes: 0

There are many more books to read, when will I finish reading? Votes: 0

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books? Votes: 0

Libraries are a consistent and major source of books for free reading. Votes: 0

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder. Votes: 0

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

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Votes: 0

Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great. Votes: 0

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written. Votes: 0

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference. Votes: 0

You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing. Votes: 0

I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books. Votes: 0

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference." Votes: 0

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them Votes: 0

One of my favorite books [The Stand] of all time. I grew up reading it. Votes: 0

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. Votes: 0

I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon. Votes: 0

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything. Votes: 0

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading. Votes: 0

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. Votes: 0

I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion. Votes: 0

I read so many scripts, that I don't do that much leisurely reading of books. Votes: 0

I'll tell you what I think. I think you need to stay indoors reading more books! Votes: 0

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books. Votes: 0

I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books. Votes: 0

I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading. Votes: 0

In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics. Votes: 0

I have a sweet tooth for reading, so books migrate to my zip code en mass. Votes: 0

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. Votes: 0

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

Reading books is like your own emotional and wishful life that you could see yourself living. Votes: 0

Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books Votes: 0

Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure. Votes: 0

Jeff Kinney's 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series and Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' books got 49,323,701 kids reading. Votes: 0

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. Votes: 0

Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it. Votes: 0

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. Votes: 0

The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset. Votes: 0

My main source of reading is scripts, which doesn't leave a whole lot of room for books. Votes: 0

My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little. Votes: 0

Some of my friends are giving me law books. I love reading those. It's like my relaxation. Votes: 0

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Votes: 0

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

One of my favorite times was sitting reading quote books, which I did for hours on end ... Votes: 0

My favorite part of speaking at events has never been the speaking, but the reading of my books. Votes: 0

Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often. Votes: 0

Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise. Votes: 0

A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading? Votes: 0

I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing. Votes: 0

Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books! Votes: 0

To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Votes: 0

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books. Votes: 0

Reading books is like wearing winter clothes; it covers and warms up the body of your naked soul. Votes: 0

I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. Votes: 0

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

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. Votes: 0

College: two hundred people reading the same book. An obvious mistake. Two hundred people can read two hundred books. Votes: 0

Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for. Votes: 0

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books. Votes: 0

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable. Votes: 0

Papa thought that any book worth reading twice was worth owning. So instead of buying desserts, we bought books. Votes: 0

When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people. Votes: 0

My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books. Votes: 0

I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff. Votes: 0

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

I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff. Votes: 0

In your reading, find books to improve your color sense, your sense of shape and size in the world. Votes: 0

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries. Votes: 0

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers. Votes: 0

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

True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery. Votes: 0

I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books. Votes: 0

He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows. Votes: 0

Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading. Votes: 0

I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out. Votes: 0

People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever. Votes: 0

Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends. Votes: 0

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. Votes: 0

There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. Votes: 0

I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love. Votes: 0

I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children. Votes: 0

There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own. Votes: 0

My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online. Votes: 0

As a kid, I loved doing puzzles, solving riddles, and reading mystery books. I also loved animals and always had pets. Votes: 0

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own. Votes: 0

Reading books about gardens is a potent pastime; books nourish a gardener's mind in the same way as manure nourishes plants. Votes: 0

I'm reading a manuscript by Rodney Jones, "Village Prodigies",it's one of the best contemporary poetry books I've ever read ever. Votes: 0

Because they are inherently social, people find value in reading the same books and watching the same movies that others do. Votes: 0

We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends. Votes: 0

None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods. Votes: 0

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading. Votes: 0

I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading. Votes: 0

Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements. Votes: 0

I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen. Votes: 0

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. Votes: 0

I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that, like most books, it had too many words. Votes: 0

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Votes: 0

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Votes: 0

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books. 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

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

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

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. Votes: 0

Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad. Votes: 0

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity Votes: 0

I am a huge fan of world-building. I love doing it in my own books, and I love reading it done well. Votes: 0

Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past. Votes: 0

Superman was my first comic back in the '50s; that was me under the bedspread with the flashlight reading comic books. Votes: 0

Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr, and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad. 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

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

As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds. Votes: 0

I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't alone. Votes: 0

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them. Votes: 0

Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time. Votes: 0

I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range. Votes: 0

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading. Votes: 0

Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone. 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

I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time. 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

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries. Votes: 0

I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys. Votes: 0

I am a passionate reader.New interested books keep adding on my reading list. My wildest dream is to complete reading all the books. Votes: 0

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books. Votes: 0

I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my soul's delight. 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

Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm. 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

There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books. 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

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

Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them. Votes: 0

The time comes in life when we have read enough. It's time to stop reading. It's time to lay down the books and write. Votes: 0

I love watching the Bond movies obviously and I grew up reading the books as a kid. I've always loved them because of that. Votes: 0

But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading. 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

Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year. Votes: 0

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry. Votes: 0

The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than any religious teaching. Votes: 0

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library." Votes: 0

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. Votes: 0

I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help. 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

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. Votes: 0

I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top of that list. Votes: 0

It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books Votes: 0

I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me. Votes: 0

I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic. Votes: 0

So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the books. Votes: 0

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or knaves. Votes: 0

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another. Votes: 0

Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading. Votes: 0

My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts. Votes: 0

In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if they don't have children. Votes: 0

I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff. Votes: 0

The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time. Votes: 0

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels. Votes: 0

I prefer reading e-books on a high resolution LCD screen - like the iPod Touch's - although the pixel density could and should be much higher. Votes: 0

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. 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

The clerisy are those who seek, and find, delight and enlargement of life in books. The clerisy are those for whom reading is a personal art. Votes: 0

It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful. Votes: 0

I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write what you want to read. Votes: 0

I'd go somewhere where no one spoke. I would take a stack of books up to my hips, and I'd read nonstop. And I'd be reading naked. Votes: 0

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later. Votes: 0

I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it is reading, but I read. Votes: 0

All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I've always wanted that fire that every book I ever read talks about. Votes: 0

Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever. Votes: 0

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories. Votes: 0

I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in. Votes: 0

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less! Votes: 0

The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books. Votes: 0

I loved reading when I grew up but did feel totally invisible because I couldn't see myself and my life reflected in the books I was reading. 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

My best ideas come to me at unexpected moments, like when I'm reading children's books to my kids (the pictures inspire me), shopping, driving somewhere, seeing different things. Votes: 0

Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pictures or reading words. Votes: 0

She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was her only indulgence. Votes: 0

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. Votes: 0

The one constant in my life has been my love of books: reading them, thinking about them, talking about them, holding them, turning people on to new ones. Votes: 0

If I am on a journey where I only have time to read one-and-a-half books, I never know which one-and-a-half I'll feel like reading. So I bring eight. Votes: 0

Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer. Votes: 0

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: 0

I'm always reading. I have four books on my nightstand right now. The same is true with writing, I tend to work on several varying projects at once. Votes: 0

I have known Farley Mowat all of my life, from reading his books as a child to becoming a close friend of his over the last three decades. Votes: 0

As you go down the rabbit hole of reading into our history, you realize that there are so many things that history books didn't teach us about ourselves. Votes: 0

Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books. Votes: 0

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them. Votes: 0

Just looking at pictures' used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading. Votes: 0

I never wanted to be famous and the only part I like is that it means people are reading my books and listening to me on TV and radio. Votes: 0

Just looking at pictures used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading. 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

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 read everything I could find: books and online. Sometimes bigger revelations came to me through finer details or something that you wouldn't pick up just by surface reading. Votes: 0

I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books to read you can always read Shakespeare. Votes: 0

I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged. Votes: 0

I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Tarzan' and that kind of stuff. Votes: 0

Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading. Votes: 0

Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me makes me want to figure things out. Votes: 0

Think about the books that you were reading at a certain crisis in your life, what you were reading, and that's because you needed them to nourish your alma. Votes: 0

I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me, and now I'm dozens ahead of myself! Votes: 0

Taking trains and trams in Berlin, I noticed people reading. Books, I mean - not pocket-size devices that bleep as if censorious, on which even Shakespeare scans like a spreadsheet. Votes: 0

In the old days people had far fewer channels in which to place their imaginative time. There's definitely more competition for time . . . and yet people seem to be reading [books] as much. Votes: 0

Love Mark Twain! Here is one from him:"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."Yep!Succinct! rest my case, why he is my all time favourite!" Votes: 0

When it comes down to helping kids, a lot of ways for education to move forward is through music because that's exciting to kids. Reading books and going to a bookstore is not that exciting. Votes: 0

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS Votes: -1

By reading older books we get a taste of the conversation of Heaven. Votes: -1

As a rule I had a distaste for any reading beyond my school books. Votes: -1

I was reading all these books, including the Bible - and I'm an atheist. Votes: -1

Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them. Votes: -1

If you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book. Votes: -1

A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books. Votes: -1