“The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy resignation to ignorance begins to make way for a state of half-enlightenment, and few persons are willing to remain in the condition in which their birth has placed then.” ThinkingWayPersonsStatesAgeReadingHalfConditionsIgnoranceWillingBirthEnlightenmentIncreaseExtraordinaryFormerFacilityResignationDiffusion Book:The Works of Frederick Schiller: Top Classic of German Source: The Works of Frederick Schiller: Top Classic of German
“That happens a lot when people become parents, too. There's just so much at stake suddenly, and you're also witness to the total miracle of birth, and stuff like that. So I started reading tons of religious texts and checking everything out. One of the things I wanted to make sure of on the record is that it still has a "searching" vibe rather than an authoritative vibe.” PeopleStillsHappensWantedReadingStuffParentReligiousRecordsBirthMiracleWitnessStakesReligious Texts Author:Mason Jennings
“I was not a good doctor, my studies had been too rapid, my hospital training too short, but there is not the slightest doubt that I was a successful doctor. What is the secret of success? To inspire confidence. What is confidence? ... I do not know, I only know that it cannot be acquired by book reading, nor by the bedside of our patients. It is a magic gift granted by birth-right to one man and denied to another. The doctor who possesses this gift can almost raise the dead” KnowsMenBookReadingSecretStudySuccessfulDoubtMagicInspireBirthTrainingDoctorsRaisesPatientGrantedHospitalsOne ManDeniedToo ShortRapidsDoctor WhoBook ReadingSecret To SuccessGood Doctors Author:Axel Munthe
“Look at Mann's reading habits, his explicit comments on Nietzsche, and his copy of Birth of Tragedy, and it starts to seem doubtful that this work of Nietzsche's played much role in the gestation of the novella.” LooksSeemsReadingRolesBirthHabitTragedyCopiesCommentDoubtfulExplicitReading HabitsGestation Author:Philip Kitcher
“A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year.” YearsHas BeensChristianReadingNextMonthsBirthCelebrationNext YearAmbassadors Author:Roger Moore
“When she was pregnant with Teddy, she feared that she’d give birth to a child who disliked reading. It would be like giving birth to a foreign species.” GivingChildrenWould BeReadingBirthSpeciesPregnantGiving BirthTeddyWere Pregnant Book:The Engagements Source: The Engagements