Quotes on Reading

"The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I haven't read."

— Abraham Lincoln

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." Francis Bacon

"The more that you read,

the more things you will know.

The more you learn,

the more places you'll go."

— Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island."

— Walt Disney

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”

- Maya Angelou

"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression."
Dr. Haim Ginott

 

'It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little.'

- Denis Parsons Burkitt

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

— Groucho Marx