Reading Quotes

I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel. Everything I did is on the record and, if you want to hear it, just listen to the record.

Tom Lehrer
- People
- Writing
- Night
I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.

Terry Bradshaw
- People
- Real
- Statements

I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

Adora Svitak
- Reading
I have always had someone in my life that I consider my reading mentor because I come from a family where reading was not emphasized or even approved of.

Stephen McCauley
One of the things about having worked at certain places is that it becomes very hard after you stop working at them to continue a relationship, to continue even reading them. So I must confess that I don't read 'New York' magazine anymore.

Michael Wolf
- Working
- Places
- Continue
The empirical is very important, but merit is inherent and not acquired. A university is massively important because you can see where you stand naturally in the ranks, and try yourself out, but education is just reading and understanding what you read.

William Monahan
I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.

Henry Hopper
- Writing
- Space
- California
I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.

Norman Douglas
- Wish
- Drinking
- Tea