Reading
BOOKS to the reading child, are so much more than books – they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past. Esther Meynell
A book is like a GARDEN carried in the pocket. Chinese proverb
If you don’t have the time to READ, you don’t have the time or the tools to WRITE. Stephen King
READING is a basic tool in the living of a good life. Mortimer J. Adler
A LIBRARY is a HOSPITAL for the mind. Anonymous
READING is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison
A BOOK is a garden, an orchard, a storeroom, a party, a company, by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. Henry Ward Beecher
The man who DOESN’T read good books has no advantage over the man who CAN’T read them. Mark Twain
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. Daniel J. Boorstin
Read, read, read. William Faulkner
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Edmund Burke
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Emilie Buchwald
The OLDEST BOOKS are still only just out to those who have not read them. Samuel Butler
BEWARE of the man of one book. Anonymous
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury
The greatest gift is a PASSION for reading. Elizabeth Hardwick
READING is a discount ticket to everywhere. Mary Schmich
BOOKS – The internet for people who can pay attention. From Pieces of Flair
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. Warren Chappel
Outside a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read. Groucho Marx
I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who read to forget. William Phelps
BOOKS had instant replay long before televised sports. Bert Williams
A LIBRARY should be like a pair of open arms. Roger Rosenblatt
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. W. Fusselman
BOOKS – the children of the brain. Jonathan Swift
What is reading, but silent conversation. Walter Savage Landor
If you can read this, THANK a teacher. Anonymous Teacher
FICTION reveals truth that REALITY obscures. Jessamyn West
It is with books as with men -a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. Voltaire
A GOOD BOOK is the best of friends, the same today and forever. Martin Farquhar Tupper
Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers. Steven Spielberg
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss
A library is THOUGHT in cold storage. Herbert Samuel
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Richard McKenna
I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and . . . read a BOOK. Groucho Marx
READING gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. Mason Cooley
One good book deserves another.