Quotes about reading

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

George Washington Carver

Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

Winston Churchill

It’s hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.

Robin Williams

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can’t even lift them.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one’s life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

Jane Austen

Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight into human beings and their motivation by reading great fiction than by personal acquaintance.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Any person that don’t read at least one well-written country newspaper is not truly informed.

Will Rogers

All one needs to do is read – books, magazines, research the Internet – and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

Zig Ziglar

True luxury is being able to own your time – to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

Ashton Kutcher

Reading a good book helps us to feel un-alone.

John Green