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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.

No one shrieked, 'We want Bung Hatta.' I did not need him. Just as also I did not need Sjahrir, who refused to show himself at the time of the reading of the Proclamation. Indeed, I could do it myself,...

Quotes by Sukarno

My library is segregated into philosophy, history, general reading, travel, my own books... and only three cookbooks.

Quotes by Sudha Murty

I learned reading and writing from my mother.

Quotes by Sudha Murty

It seems to me that most people are interested in reading about characters who are richer than they are.

Quotes by Stuart Woods

I've been reading about the idea of cyclical lives - it matches up to the idea of string theory and a multiverse. So I wanted to write a record about that instead of another song about broken hearts and drinking.

Quotes by Sturgill Simpson

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Steven Wright

I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to...

Quotes by Steven Levitt

Tape reading is a lost art that today is not very useful.

Quotes by Steven A. Cohen

If you ever had the misfortune of reading all 2,000 pages of Dodd-Frank, which I have done - and it almost killed me - basically, all it does is create a list of all the things it wants the Fed...

Quotes by Steve Eisman

Part of the process of reading is constantly hitting the pause button, and now and then the rewind button, to ponder a word that's been chosen by the author as exquisitely as the filmmaker chooses an image or a sound...

Quotes by Steve Erickson

At the age that I was when I stopped reading comics, and with a set of talents that would seem to mark a future comic-book auteur, my son has had only a passing enthusiasm for the medium.

Quotes by Steve Erickson

When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics.

Quotes by Stephen R. George

I've been reading horror since I was five years old.

Quotes by Stephen R. George

If you aren't a reader and you have a kid with his face buried in books, it can be a bit threatening. My parents viewed my reading as somewhat effeminate, but also subversive on some level.

Quotes by Stephen McCauley

Reading from cover to cover - I'm not a great reader.

Quotes by Stephen Hendry

While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.

Quotes by Stephan Pastis

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

Quotes by Stephane Mallarme

Reading is sexy!

Quotes by Stella Maxwell

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.