You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.”

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

One day we'll be old enough to read fairy-tales once again.