Quotes of: Time-reading Keyword

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them. Most men have learned to read to serve a paltry convenience, as they have learned to cipher in order to keep accounts and not be cheated in trade; b...

Henry David Thoreau

It made me sad when I caught myself pretending that everybody out there in cyberspace cared about what I thought, when really nobody gives a shit. And when I multiplied that sad feeling by all the millions of people in their lonely little rooms, furi...

A Tale for the Time Being

I "love" reading. It makes me feel like I am swallowing up Christ, Homer, Confucius, Newton, Franklin, Socrates, Caesar, and the whole world into one gigantic invincible Sir Moffat. Mine is creative reading. I read building empires in mind. I pray I ...

Moffat Machingura

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.

How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information

I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My father, who was an English teacher, advised me that once I had read 'the Hobbit,' that would be enough. I could then move on to Dostoyevsky.

Ken Stott

I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

Lois Lowry

I read my eyes out and can't read half enough...the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.

Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

[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.

The Uncommon Reader

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

How Reading Changed My Life

I actually don't read comic books. I did when I was a kid - I used to read a lot of 'X-Men' comic books. I read a couple 'Scott Pilgrim' this past year, and those are really good, but I don't read in general, unfortunately.

Charlyne Yi

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.

Anita Diament

Reading is a sage way to bump up against life. Reading may be an escape, but it is not an escape from my own life and problems.  It is an escape from the narrow boundaries of being only me. Reading in some wonderful ways helps me find out who I am. ...

Honey for a Woman's Heart: Growing Your World Through Reading Great Books

Life isn’t really short. There are just too many good books to read in one lifetime.

The Confessions of a Misfit

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.

Robert Morgan

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

Aspects of the Novel

You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them." (Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)

John Adams

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

Night of the Soul Stealer

Every time I read a script, I see the movie in my head, and I try to see the best movie in my head because everybody interprets the movie differently.

James Marsden

'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'

Louise Mensch

And the upside to being confined to home was that it gave me plenty of time to continue reading.

Circle of Nine: Beltany

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.

Timothy Dalton