Quotes with non-reading

Quotes 81 till 100 of 309.

  • John Aubrey He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
    John Aubrey
    English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer (1626 - 1697)
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  • Charles Lamb He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Lord Arthur Balfour He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
    Lord Arthur Balfour
    British statesman (1848 - 1930)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Caroline Wozniacki Honestly, I don't really read about myself. I look at the pictures sometimes. Sometimes I'm looking at them, and I'm thinking, 'They could choose some better ones.' But I don't spend time reading about myself because I know what I'm up to. I prefer to read about other people.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Arthur Hays Sulzberger I am a non Zionist because the Jew, in seeking a homeland of his own, seems to me to be giving up something of infinitely greater value of the world.
    Arthur Hays Sulzberger
    American newspaper publisher (1891 - 1968)
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  • Alain de Botton I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work.
    Alain de Botton
    Swiss-born British author (1969 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Angelina Grimké I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.
    Angelina Grimké
    American activists and female advocates of abolition and women's rights (1805 - 1879)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Goodman Ace I keep reading between the lies.
    Goodman Ace
    American humourist, radio writer and comedian (1899 - 1982)
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  • Vera Brittain I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
    Vera Brittain
    English nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist (1893 - 1970)
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  • Charles Lamb I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think; books think for me.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Anita Diamant I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.
    Anita Diamant
    American author (1951 - )
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  • Umberto Eco I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
    Source:  (2011)
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Bill Murray I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do.
    Source: Interview with Jessica Lee Jernigan (May 1999)
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Adam Sandler I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Carol Shields I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.
    Source:  (2011)
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Woody Allen I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Woody Allen I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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