Books And Reading Quotes

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.

I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind.

Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have you ever bought a book by a Negro writer?

The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the minds of others.

The man who reads only for improvement is beyond the hope of much improvement before he begins.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

Beware of the person of one book.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.

Laws die, books never.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

A great book should leave you with many experiences.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.

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.

Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape.

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.

Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read or write, but they can memorize whole albums.

W. C. Fields, a lifetime agnostic, was discovered reading a Bible on his deathbed. ''I'm looking for a loop-hole,'' he explained.

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

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.