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Most Famous Reading Quotes of All Time!

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The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset.

Quotes by Li Yuanchao

I have spent many, many hours reading J.K. Rowling's work. I am a known 'Harry Potter' fan.

Quotes by Lev Grossman

We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.

Quotes by LeVar Burton

At 14, 15 years old, I started reading 'Backstage' regularly. Eventually, I got enough courage to look at the auditions section.

Quotes by Leslie Odom, Jr.

The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation.

Quotes by Leslie Charteris

After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in their books. I had had some experience living in Africa. I was drawn to that kind...

Quotes by Leslie Cockburn

Over the years, I began to understand that there were a lot of people out there reading physics in popular literature that they could not understand - not because it was too advanced, but because it wasn't advanced enough.

Quotes by Leonard Susskind

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.

Quotes by Leo Durocher

I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a big reader got me started on a number of writers, including Hemingway.

Quotes by Lee Pace

People are so busy positioning themselves before the screen and talking on the damn cellphones, communicating, that we're not reading, and in fact we're not really communicating, either. We're not talking to each other. There's just all these screens and...

Quotes by Lee Smith

If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood.

Quotes by Lee Mack

In school, I couldn't see any sense to reading, writing, and arithmetic. Sure, they kicked me out, but for trifles, like continual daydreaming and smoking, that wouldn't be grounds for expulsion nowadays.

Quotes by Lee Marvin

The two moments that I felt the most nervous in my entire life were when I first had reading rehearsal for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and when I was at the Academy Awards ceremony.

Quotes by Lee Byung-hun

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

Quotes by Lee Child

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.

Quotes by Lee Child

I'm not reading reviews and critics. I don't care. I guess I'm still a little on my own planet.

Quotes by Lea Seydoux

And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about.

Quotes by Lawrence Taylor

Your baby only needs a lot of light at night if he's reading or he's entertaining guests.

Quotes by Lawrence Kutner

We should teach kids how to question. Now having said that, of course, to be a productive adult, there are certain skills that are required - reading, writing, and, in the old-fashioned days, we used to say arithmetic. Now we...

Quotes by Lawrence M. Krauss

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century.

Quotes by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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.

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