„If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.“
Contributions of Jane Wagner
Lily Tomlin
US-amerikanische Schauspielerin 1939Ähnliche Zitate
— Natalie Goldberg, buch Writing Down the Bones
Essay, "Listening". p.59
Writing Down the Bones (1986)
„If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.“
— Roald Dahl British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter 1916 - 1990
— Philip Ó Ceallaigh Irish writer 1968
On Life, on his time at school.
Notes from a library bar (2006)
„You're never alone when you're reading a book.“
— Susan Wiggs American writer 1958
— John S. Hall Poet, author, singer, lawyer 1960
September 18
Quotes from Daily Negations (2007)
„She reads a lot of books. Good things, books.“
— Thorne Smith an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction 1892 - 1934
— Ann Coulter author, political commentator 1961
2002, Ann Coulter : Left Is 'out to Destroy the Country' (2002)
„He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books.“
— Elfriede Jelinek, buch Wonderful, Wonderful Times
Quelle: Wonderful, Wonderful Times
„When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think“
— Tom Schulman American film director, screenwriter 1950
Quelle: Dead Poets Society: The Screenplay
„Take no heed of her…. She reads a lot of books.“
— Jasper Fforde, buch Der Fall Jane Eyre
Quelle: The Eyre Affair
— Paul Volcker American economist 1927 - 2019
Paul Volcker interviewed by Perry Mehrling (April 18, 2000) in Inside the economist’s mind: conversations with eminent economists (2007) edited by Paul A. Samuelson and William A. Barnett.
„You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!“
— Dr. Seuss, buch Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
The last sentence of this statement is often misquoted as "You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, / For the people and places you're lucky you're not!"
Quelle: Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
Kontext: It’s a troublesome world. All the people who're in it
are troubled with troubles almost every minute.
You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!
