“People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.” PeoplePlayReadingEnglandCompareRepeatsPitiful Book:The Corsican Source: The Corsican
“I had been reading about [John] Calvin for years and had been studying the English Renaissance for many more years, and it had never occurred to me to think of them together. I learned that Calvin was the most widely read writer in England in Shakespeare's lifetime. He was translated and published in many editions.” ThinkingYearsTogetherReadingStudyEnglandLifetimeRenaissance Author:Marilynne Robinson
“I had a friend who was the King's surgeon in England. One day I asked him what makes a great surgeon. He replied, "What distinguishes a great surgeon is his knowledge. He knows more than other surgeons. During an operation he finds something which he wasn't expecting, recognizes it and knows what to do about it." It's the same thing with advertising people. The good ones know more. How do you get to know more? By reading books about advertising. By picking the brains of people who know more than you do. From the Magic Lanterns. And from experience.” PeopleKnowsBookReadingBrainMagicKingsOne DayEnglandAdvertisingOperationsReading BooksExpectingSurgeonsLanterns Author:David Ogilvy
“I loved working with Malcolm [McDowell]. He's been such an important person in my life. I mean, not just as someone I was married to, which is huge, and the father of my children, which is even bigger, but also as a friend and an inspiration and somebody who probably helped to fuel something that all my reading as a child had already started, which was a love of England and the world of the theater over there, which I became involved with through him and probably because of him.” WorldMeanChildrenPersonsImportantInspirationReadingFatherHugeInvolvedMarriedBiggerEnglandTheaterMy ChildrenFuelImportant Person Author:Mary Steenburgen
“As I started reading about it, I saw that at the beginning of the 19th century, outside of New England - which was an unusually literate place - practically no one could read or write. And even in New England, the overall rate was only about 60 percent. That still means four out of 10 people couldn't put their name to a will.” PeopleWritingMeanStillsReadingNamesSawsFourCenturyPercentEnglandRate19th CenturyNew England Author:Robert Hass
“If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.” IfsChildrenBookUseBigsReadingHouseParentDifferencesWhiteStepsEventsHollywoodEnglandNflPoundsNbaWhite HouseBookstoresChildren Reading Author:James Patterson
“If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.” IfsWorldReadingQualityKnowledgeWrittenEnglandHistoricalUndertakings Book:Sybil, Or, The Two Nations Source: Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
“M. J. Putney has created true magic with this book, the kind that comes when you curl up in a comfortable armchair and let the story take your imagination away. Come visit an enchanted eighteenth-century England and meet two desperate lovers caught in the web of a sinister lord with great magical power. Romantic and lyrical, this tale will fill your reading time with pleasure. I loved it.” KindTwoBookStoriesReadingImaginationPleasureLordMagicCenturyLoversComfortableEnglandCaughtTalesDesperateCurlsLyricalSinisterEnchantedArmchairsDesperate Love Author:Catherine Asaro