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Reading Quotes

On books, ideas, and a lifelong reading habit.

This collection includes a musician's case for teaching reading and dictation before an instrument, alongside a simple, almost self-deprecating admission of feeling born reading. See Book quotes for more.

I'm not big on reading directions. I can't do that. I'm just not from that world.

Quotes by Richard Dean Anderson

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

Quotes by Rex Stout

Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.

Quotes by Rey Mysterio

The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry.

Quotes by Reynolds Price

I liked climbing trees and could often be found up one reading a book. I played games with Dad and drew maps for him on isometric paper. It was very bonding.

Quotes by Rhianna Pratchett

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

Quotes by Rene Descartes

When I was born, my father owned a business called a 'reading circle'; folders containing an assortment of magazines were lent to customers for one week, then recollected and lent out again. The older the folder, the lower was the...

Quotes by Reinhard Selten

I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me.

Quotes by Rebecca Loos

'Goodnight Moon' is a staple of any nursery bookshelf. So, too, are 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' and 'Madeline.' These books are just as much a part of mainstream reading culture as 'The Catcher in the Rye,' and they are...

Quotes by Rebecca Serle

I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me.

Quotes by Raymond Moody

The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

Quotes by Raymond Chandler

If a reader likes a particular author, they keep reading all his books, and if the supply is not kept up, then the reader shifts his loyalties.

Quotes by Ravi Subramanian

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Ray Bradbury

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

Ray Bradbury

Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial teases might be yelled in your ear with just enough time to scribble them on scrap paper before reading them.

Quotes by Randy West

When I'm in line at the grocery store, I might pick up one of those tabloids. I might not even buy it. I'm just gonna sit there and read the headlines and chuckle at how stupid that stuff is, even...

Quotes by Randy Pitchford

I've been reading a lot about North Korea ever since I got the part in 'The Interview' because it's just such a fascinating place. There are so many amazing stories of bravery coming out of there.

Quotes by Randall Park

Twitter, Facebook are so different from where I began. It's like a fire that takes off... I'm reading everybody's Twitter.

Quotes by Randee Heller

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

Quotes by Ramakrishna

Frequently Asked Questions

Is reading described as a lifelong love in these quotes?
Definitely — one speaker puts it about as strongly as possible: "I seemed to have been born reading." It suggests reading isn't just a hobby for them, but something that feels innate. For more on passions like this, see our Love quotes.
Do these quotes connect reading to other interests?
Yes — one speaker lists it alongside several passions, "gardens, art, music and reading," adding they have "eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books." Reading here is one part of a broader curious mind.
Is reading described as important in a child's education?
Yes, quite strongly. One quote warns that skipping it has real consequences: teaching an instrument "without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand." For more on personal growth themes like this, see our Book quotes.
Where do good ideas come from, according to these quotes?
For one speaker, mostly from reading: "Ninety percent of my ideas come to me either when I'm reading or watching a show." It's a reminder that consuming stories and information can directly fuel creativity.
Where can I find more content about the joy of reading?
Our Like and Always collections both touch on the everyday habits people love, reading included.

Others note how eclectic taste in books runs alongside other passions, and how most new ideas tend to surface while reading or watching something else entirely. Browse Love and Always quotes for related themes.