There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. – Bertrand Russell
My worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read.
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. – Mason Cooley
I like big books and I can not lie.
The art of reading, as of learning, is this: … to retain the essential, to forget the nonessential. – Adolf Hitler
“Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I’ve read and what I haven’t read. – Virginia Woolf
Reading one book is like reading one potato chip.
Reading makes a full man, writing a precise man. – Francis Bacon
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. – William Hazlitt
Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years. – Naval Ravikant
Read books, and you will go places.
There is no enjoyment like reading.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. – Henry David Thoreau
Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window. – William Faulkner
Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder. – Austin Kleon
The food we eat feeds our body but the novels we read feed our mind.
Slow reading, most enjoyable reading. Slow learning, deepest understanding. Slow to conclusions, deepest thinking. Rushing can make you waste time and life.
When I wasn’t working, the weekends would usually find me alone in an empty apartment, making do with the company of books. – Barack Obama
Life is too short to read a bad book. – James Joyce
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. – P. J. O’Rourke
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