Quotes about reading

I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.

Michel de Montaigne

It’s like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it’s off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

Johnny Cash

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

Warren Buffett

I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages.

Muhammad Ali

A good interviewer is able to ferret out what the applicant is really passionate about. Ask them what they do for fun, what they’re reading, try and find out if they have a life outside of work.

Nolan Bushnell

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

Leo Burnett

Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading, especially under such opportunities of gratifying it.

Walter Scott

Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it’s a good thing they’ll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

Bill Gates

I have this weird obsession about buying books and looking at them with a smile, even if I won’t read them soon. At least they are mine now.

Anais Nin

I have read all Presidential speeches on both sides up to now, and the winner is the man smart enough to not make any more. There is a great chance for a ‘silent’ third party.

Will Rogers