The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like.
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books he read.
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literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, RALPH WALDO EMERSON I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to ... AMY TAN Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read... JORGE LUIS BORGES The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. FRANCOISE SAGAN The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. F. SAGAN The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted
until within this century.
-... RALPH WALDO EMERSON What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city. BENNIE THOMPSON Never read a book to finish it, read to consume it. TEMITOPE IBRAHIM It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have r... ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA My next option is to only write a list of the books I like, but then again, I don’t read a book I ... GENESIS QUIHUIS The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit. ANTHONY NEWLEY I can never read this book, just like I can never see a movie that I wrote a screenplay for. I can r... RICHARD PRICE Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinc... JOHN GREEN Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room talking to you, whic... JACK HANDY Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. JOHN WITHERSPOON I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, ... ANDY MURRAY Ralph Waldo Emerson “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read.... GABRIELLE ZEVIN I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understan... FRANK OZ I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I'... NICHOLAS SPARKS Make wise choices about what you read. Read only what is necessary or worthwhile. And then take the ... EKNATH EASWARAN I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of... LEV GROSSMAN I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppres... ROBERTSON DAVIES knowledge without application is like a book that is never read' Christopher Crawford, Hemel Hempste... CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD I suppose every old scholar has had the experience of reading something in a book which was signific... RALPH WALDO EMERSON She never told me anything, but she allowed me to read anything I wanted in the library, which held ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. RALPH WALDO EMERSON I never read articles about my books. BEN SCHOTT This has to be a fairy tale because I never read a book like his. DOUG BIEGA I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat. OPHELIA LOVIBOND Les Miserables. I never read the book before, but when I read this script it was so outstanding, so ... BILLE AUGUST Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you'... JAMES SALTER One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; ... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. RALPH WALDO EMERSON You should read the novel in order to live, to feel, to tell someone the hidden secret of it. R... EMMA BRYNSTEIN Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world... ATWOOD H. TOWNSEND You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. DR. SEUSS Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I was so sad to read recently that 32 percent of fourth- graders say they never read a book for plea... BARBARA BUSH When you read "The Secret" it tells you "Do not take no one's advice, but read books" Ain't that the... "BETA" METANI' MARASHI The world is a great big book, of which those who never travel read only one page. AUGUSTINE My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 ye... TERRY PRATCHETT I love to read about the exploits of technical mountain climbers, but I've never done any vertic... WILL HOBBS I originally feared she might be dead, which felt like a sealed book that I would never be able to r... JANET LOUISE STEPHENSON you are the only book of my life, which i love to read again and again. but unfortunately i am not a... PRASOON DWIVEDI You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. ANITA MERINA You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. DR. SEUSS I never read reviews - I never have. I've never read message boards, either. I'm just not in... KATE LEVERING I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is transla... RALPH WALDO EMERSON There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go back and read one twice. DEB BAKER Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you a... JANETTE RALLISON It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have re... C.S. LEWIS We are so overwhelmed with quantities of books, that we hardly realize any more that a book can be v... D.H. LAWRENCE I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it a... ED OXENBOULD This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. WILLIAM GOLDMAN I'm a slow reader, but I usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, most fiction. I don't r... STEPHEN KING Some books are so special that you never forget where you were the first time you read them. NATALIE LLOYD I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know ... ALBERTO MANGUEL My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I fee... A.J. JACOBS 'Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the book... RACHEL GIBSON The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them. JACKIE COLLINS To read my book, the virgin shy - May blush, while Brutus standeth by: But when he's gone, read thro... MARCUS AURELIUS Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. TIM BURTON Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. Bu... C.S. LEWIS I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a bo... SAM CRAWFORD Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections. MALCOLM FORBES I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so. SYDNEY SMITH I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so SYDNEY SMITH My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no chi... ALAN GARNER Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that ... R.L. STINE I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhamma... CONOR MCGREGOR There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that ... DORIS LESSING Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of reti... ANTHONY BURGESS Romances I never read like those I have seen. LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON Romances I never read like those I have seen. LORD BYRON I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years o... STANLEY KUBRICK What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it. YOWERI MUSEVENI I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Fr... ALAN BALL I read a math question today, my reply was " I like corn, but never counted the kernals". STEVEN REYNAGA I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. CLARENCE DARROW I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I... NANCY MITFORD I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS Real people conceive originality then think, write but never read of others’ posts to copy to foll... ANUJ SOMANY I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure. CLARENCE DARROW I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure CLARENCE DARROW I’m more of a one-time reader. There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go ba... DEB BAKER I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators. HAYAO MIYAZAKI Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so t... R. L. STINE Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write not... J.C. RYLE The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we... CAROLYN WELLS The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think. HARPER LEE Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever rea... SALMAN RUSHDIE I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. CLARENCE DARROW I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. CLARENCE DARROW
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