I Quotes
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“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.”
Source: Upstream: Selected Essays
“I read the whole Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. They don't take long.”
“I read THE WICKED + THE DIVINE last night, and no matter how high your expectations are for it, its better.”
“I read them (articles TR wrote on his honeymoon) all over to Edith and her corrections and help were most valuable to me.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
“I read these biographies all the time about these successful people and one of the patterns that I've discovered, and what I've discovered in myself and all of my friends who have become very successful, has been the fact that they say "Yes" to a lot of commitments.
If you just have this one goal, then that one thing may get shoved under the rug and procrastinated on. But if you say yes to a lot of things; if you almost overcommit, then you probably won't get all of the things you've committed to complete. But you'll get a good portion of them. The 80% that you DO get done will still be more than that one person who said no to a lot of things. The busiest people get the most things done.”
“I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.”
“I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“I read things I didn't know I'd done,
It sounded like a lot of fun.”
“I read things like theology, and I read about science, Scientific American and publications like that, because they stimulate again and again my sense of the almost arbitrary given-ness of experience, the fact that nothing can be taken for granted.”
“I read things that male relationship experts write about women and I read things that female relationship experts write about men, then I feel a true sadness in my heart. Why can’t there be a simple, pure, direct openness? Why can’t there be a simple, real, open trust? The truth is that male or female, gay or straight— we are all people— we have all been broken and put back together in so many different ways... it’s really just about learning how to recognize the sound of the other one's cracks. And that’s what it’s really about, just that.”
“I read this book once where the girl yelled 'cat' right before they were about to get some bow-chicka-bow-wow,' I told him. 'It was high-larious.”
“I read this morning that he's [Saddam Hussein] also said the love that the Iraqis have for him is so much greater than anything Americans feel for their President because he's been loved for 35 years, he says, the whole 35 years.”
“I read three books a week.”
“I read to be alone. I read so as not to be alone.”
Source: Stealing Buddha's Dinner
“I read to learn. I teach to understand. I practice to gain experience and wisdom.”
“I read to learn, tech myself stuff and teach myself math and do complex formulas, and it's very, very tough, but I enjoy doing that and keeping my mind active. It definitely comes in handy, I feel I have a pretty good grasp, at more than a lot of musicians, of the business and finance world.”
“I read to live, I write to share their life.”
“I read to make myself feel awake.”
“I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.”
“I read to see myself in other people's lives.”
“I read today that all addiction is a form of misplaced worship.
I get that.
And I’ve certainly done that.
I’ve mistaken the delivery device of heavenly pleasure for heaven itself.
And thus I have worshipped so many things— and so many people, too.”
Source: All the Way to the River
“I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.”
“I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.”
“I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.”
“I read two to three books a day anyway (I only sleep about two hours a night, and I read really fast).”
“I read very little contemporary anything.”
“I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.”
“I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.”
“I read Warren Zevon's bizarre biography, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." His wife, Crystal Zevon, posthumously published a journal he wrote and some interviews with ex-band members. Like [Keith] Richards's book "Life," it's brutally honest.”
“I read what I feel, and not what I see.”
“I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.”
“I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.”
“I read whatever the publisher sends me.”
“I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise.”
“I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now, as soon as he tells all he knows, he has to sit down. Most of these birds will just be getting up and nodding now. Why, some of them won't be able to answer roll call.”
Source: The Will Rogers scrapbook
“I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader.”
“I read with keen interest the words of a bumper sticker readily visible on the highly polished chrome bumper of a car which was weaving in and out of the traffic stream. The words were these: "Honk if you love Jesus." No one honked. Perhaps each was disturbed by the thoughtless and rude actions of the offending driver. Then, again, would honking be an appropriate manner in which to show one's love for the Son of God, the Savior of the world, the Redeemer of all mankind? Such was not the pattern provided by Jesus of Nazareth.”
“I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.”
“I read Wolfe’s new book _ The Story of a Novel_ and as usual he stole the whole damn thing from me. I am going to write and say will you please stop writing books you bastard.”
“I read world literature and I read French romances in the originals. I had quite a profound knowledge - no, that sounds conceited, but I did have a profound interest in everything spiritual.”
“I read Write More, Sell More a few years ago and loved it.”
“I read you guys your bedtime story, go to bed!" my sister shouted as she put water into the
kettle.
"But Mom," a small voice whined. I smirked, ready for what my sister was about to bestow.
"But nothing, you two bet—-"
I interrupted, unable to control myself. "Get back into bed before the monster tries to bite your
ankles!”
Source: Beneath the Scars
“I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.”
“I read your secrets to escape from my own.”
“I read Zuleika Dobson with pleasure. It represents the Oxford that the two World Wars have destroyed with a charm that is not likely to be reproduced anywhere in the world for the next thousand years.”
“I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.”
“I read, for the first time, of the Carolina Parakeet-a North American parakeet whose green, yellow and reddish-orange plumage appeared vivacious and altogether quite wonderful. As stunning as I found the hawk-chased conures, this bird astounded me even more. That the Carolina Parakeet was extinct simply added to my amazement.”
Source: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
“I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.”
“I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.”
“I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.”