No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. Ezra Pound
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.Books – ReadingQuotations by Ezra Pound
Year: 2008
No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure. Noah Porter
No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.Books – ReadingQuotations by Noah Porter
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. Wendell Phillips
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.Books – ReadingQuotations by Wendell Phillips
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. William Lyon Phelps
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Lyon Phelps
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. Blaise Pascal
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.Books – ReadingQuotations by Blaise Pascal
This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. Dorothy Parker
This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.Books – ReadingQuotations by Dorothy Parker
Read good, big important things. Peggy Noonan
Read good, big important things.Books – ReadingQuotations by Peggy Noonan
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations. William Murray
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Murray
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice. John Morely
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Morely
Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.Books – ReadingQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor is any pleasure so lasting. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor is any pleasure so lasting.Books – ReadingQuotations by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Books and marriage go ill together. Moliere
Books and marriage go ill together.Books – ReadingQuotations by Moliere
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. John Milton
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Milton
A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down. Edna St. Vincent Millay
A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down.Books – ReadingQuotations by Edna St. Vincent Millay
There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. H. L. Mencken
There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.Books – ReadingQuotations by H. L. Mencken
A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new. Marshall Mcluhan
A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new.Books – ReadingQuotations by Marshall Mcluhan
What is important is not to be able to read rapidly, but to be able to decide what not to read. James T. Mccay
What is important is not to be able to read rapidly, but to be able to decide what not to read.Books – ReadingQuotations by James …
I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all. W. Somerset Maugham
I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.Books – ReadingQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. Harriet Martineau
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.Books – ReadingQuotations by Harriet Martineau
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness. Anthony Marcel
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.Books – ReadingQuotations by Anthony Marcel
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. Katherine Mansfield
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.Books – ReadingQuotations by Katherine Mansfield
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. Hugh Maclennan
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.Books – ReadingQuotations by Hugh Maclennan
The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing. Martin Luther
The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.Books – ReadingQuotations by Martin Luther
What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us. James Russell Lowell
What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.Books – ReadingQuotations by James Russell Lowell
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. James Russell Lowell
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.Books – ReadingQuotations by James Russell Lowell
All books are either dreams or swords. Amy Lowell
All books are either dreams or swords.Books – ReadingQuotations by Amy Lowell
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read. Abraham Lincoln
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.Books – ReadingQuotations …
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can’t expect an apostle to look out. Georg C. Lichtenberg
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can’t expect an apostle to look out.Books – ReadingQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking. Georg C. Lichtenberg
There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.Books – ReadingQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here. Spike Lee
You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.Books – ReadingQuotations by Spike Lee
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. Harper Lee
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.Books – ReadingQuotations by Harper Lee
What is reading, but silent conversation. Walter Savage Landor
What is reading, but silent conversation.Books – ReadingQuotations by Walter Savage Landor
He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality. Charles Lamb
He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.Books – ReadingQuotations by Charles Lamb
I am a part of everything that I have read. John Kieran
I am a part of everything that I have read.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Kieran
One man is as good as another until he has written a book. Benjamin Jowett
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.Books – ReadingQuotations by Benjamin Jowett
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. Joseph Joubert
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.Books – ReadingQuotations by Joseph Joubert
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world. Joseph Joubert
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.Books – ReadingQuotations by Joseph Joubert
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. Joineriana
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.Books – ReadingQuotations by Joineriana
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all. Samuel Johnson
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.Books – ReadingQuotations by Samuel Johnson
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. Samuel Johnson
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.Books – ReadingQuotations by Samuel Johnson