Reading Quotes (722 Quotes)

My deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

All I knew is my son was supposed to stay away from tree nuts. But we were not in the habit of reading food labels. We also didn't think of the food allergy in terms of life and death.

There comes a terrible moment to many souls when the great movements of the world, the larger destinies of mankind, which have lain aloof in newspapers and other neglected reading, enter like an earthquake into their own lives

The president is getting out of bed, reading the newspapers and eating well. He is in a good mood and wanting to return home. His condition is not life-threatening.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

I rarely read any Latin, Greek, German, Italian, sometimes not a French book, in the original, which I can procure in a good version. I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer.

From its inception, the festival has been a celebration of reading and literature of the state. It's not an academic conference. And it's been a huge success.

Student assessment results suggest that collectively, Reading First schools have done an outstanding job developing students word recognition and fluency abilities. Good progress has been made in vocabulary and comprehension as well, but it is in these two areas that the most work remains to be done.

I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile.

I applaud schoolteachers, librarians, and most of all, our parents, for their commitment to teaching America's children the joys of reading.

The academy will focus on reading, math, language arts, science and cutting-edge technology. Special attention will be afforded to critical thinking, problem-solving and employment skills.

When we're onstage, it's like mind reading: we're on the same page.

I firmly believe that reading is essential to developing writing skills. Reading exposes the reader to the ideas of the authors, not only to varying subject matter content, but also to various styles and techniques for presenting the content.

Reading helps me be more creative, it helps my imagination and I like the fact that it gives me some quiet time,

To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity. Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know. And yet those with the courage to tread this path to real discovery are not only offered practically no guidance on how to do so, they are actively discouraged and have to set abut it in secret, pretending meanwhile to be diligently engaged in the frantic diversions and to conform with the deadening personal opinions which are continually being thrust upon them.

It was kind of a break-out game for me. I was involved on more plays (tackles), reading the plays and filling the holes. I was also able to time my blitzes a little bit better.

Nobody knows what to make of her. Reading all the Australian papers, they're all talking about her weight and her fitness. With Venus, it's easier to see that she has put the work in.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should n

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.

Despite the importance of education in our family, my life was not completely centered around school work or recreational reading.

One way of reading my life is that I have been in constant search for a father.

Trust the student in a certain degree with himself. Suffer him in some instances to select his own course of reading. There is danger that there should be something to studied and monotonous in the selection we should make for him. Suffer him to wander through the wilds of literature.

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in reading character in the wrinkles made by closing the hand. The pretence is not altogether false character can really be read very accurately in this way, for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word dupe. The imposture consists in not reading it aloud.

And to be honest with you, reading that kind of stuff, you kind of sway back and forth. You know you're good. At the same time you look at what the supposed experts think and you're kind of like, 'Maybe we're not.' But we are. We're that good.

Reading and math scores nationally have been declining for past ten years. There's a real worry in America about whether children will be safe in school.

For Active Explorers, 52 say internet advertising and 49 say email advertising are the most influential media for making a purchase of a car, whereas Independents say that word of mouth, reading an article about the product or TV are the most influential. Active Explorers also use media in different day parts and engage in simultaneous media use differently than Independents.

We work on reading and writing strategies and we teach behind a glass where other teachers watch us. We all have to take a turn teaching behind the glass. The child doesn't know the teachers are watching.

It has a lot of integrity. It has served many children. We get feedback from parents that they are happy their children were in Reading Recovery and didn't have to be placed in a long-term program.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

After we grew up, we had families, we had full-time jobs. For many years, we were all too busy to do much reading, or to do much of anything, really, for ourselves. The strong bond between us is our love of reading and talking

I think A.J. is a little slower in processing information. Gus has more experience and playing time he's a little quicker at reading defenses and getting the ball out. But A.J. has all the tools to assimilate more as time goes on.

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

It is obvious Gary is going to get stick. He has always got stick from the Liverpool fans and judging by some of the stuff I have been reading, he will do well to get out of there alive. It will be incessant and we expect that, but I hope we don't reach the stage where it starts affecting the referee's performance.

We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life wrote to us, including actresses, stand-up comics, parents and students. What's clear after reading the entries is the impact that call-ins have had on the political conversation on the network.

You need to be a reader to be a smart consumer and an intelligent citizen. To help boys, we need to realize they have a different take on reading.

The fireplace is an appropriate element in any room. Imagine relaxing by the fire, reading the paper with a cup of hot chocolate in your bedroom. It's very sensory.

All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet. There are passages in Ulysses which can be read only in the toilet - if one wants to extract the full flavor of their content.

Don't believe everything you see or hear or read. Don't judge until you know it first. I think people need to stop digesting the superficial stuff they're fed and really analyze what they're hearing and reading. Think about it.

If we use 2 percentage points for the overall expected effect from the calendar shift, that's still a pretty weak reading, a 1.9 percent trend. That's not strong at all. I guess what you can say is it's certainly consistent with the sluggish pace we've seen.