"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."

Lincoln, Abraham | Books - Reading | 5 bookmarks

"The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them."

Twain, Mark | Books - Reading | 9 bookmarks

"Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it."

Unknown, Source | Education | 5 bookmarks

"Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below."

Orwell, George | Adulthood | 4 bookmarks

"What is important is not to be able to read rapidly, but to be able to decide what not to read."

Mccay, James T. | Books - Reading | 1 bookmarks

"A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good."

Johnson, Samuel | Books - Reading | 1 bookmarks

"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading, an easy prey to sensations and cheap appeals."

Trevelyan, G. M. | Books - Reading | 1 bookmarks

"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."

Gandhi, Mahatma | Life and Living | 5 bookmarks

"In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish."

Hayakawa, S. I. | Books - Reading | 2 bookmarks

"News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead."

Waugh, Evelyn | News | 1 bookmarks