No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.
I do not read for I have renounced life, I read because one life is just not enough for me.
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
A book a week I heave a sigh; That Slogan's peremptory cry I will not hear, I will not heed. How can They say that I should need The book They bid me weekly buy? But Slogans change, as days go by; My Psyche listens, fluttering shy, To newer message "...
The books we love offer a sketch of a whole universe that we secretly inhabit, and in which we desire the other person to assume a role. One of the conditions of happy romantic compatibility is, if not to have read the same books, to have read at lea...
We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are collected in the New Testament, have been written in particular situations by men, none of whom ques...
Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I am in a secure position. I have been like this ever since the age of seven when, sitting on a high wall and reading The Water Babies, I was so sed...
Bill Gates (and his successor at Microsoft, Ray Ozzie) are famous for taking annual reading vacations. During the year they deliberately cultivate a stack of reading material—much of it unrelated to their day-to-day focus at Microsoft—and then th...
Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read. If you are offended it is your problem, and frankly lots of things offend lots of people. I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of book...
Sean: Do you like books? Will: Yeah. Sean: [points to wall] Did you read any of these books? Will: I don't know. Sean: [points to shelf] How about any of these books? Will: Probably not. Sean: What about the ones on the top shelf? You read those? Wil...
When we read, we decide when, where, how long, and about what. One of the few places on earth that it is still possible to experience an instant sense of freedom and privacy is anywhere you open up a good book and begin to read. When we read silently...
One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it.
Anything worth having is never simple or easy, Gabby ....
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
Love is something worth suffering for...
I thought you're someone worth fighting for. But after all, you're not.
The snag about marriage is, it isn´t worth the divorce.
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Because. Everything worth anything takes time.
Don't underestimate your worth by comparing yourself with others.
Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort.
