„I have just read your book [On the Spiritual in Art] from cover to cover, and I will read it once more. I find it pleasing to an extraordinary degree, because we agree on nearly all of the main issues..“

„[I did] Some [reading to prep for Expelled]. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler, and that was a very interesting book--one of these rare books I wish had been even longer. It's about how Darwin's theory--supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus--led to the murder of millions of innocent people.“

—  Ben Stein actor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist 1944

Interviews: Ben Stein is Expelled! Christianity Today Movies, Christianity Today Movies: Interview with Ben Stein, 15 April 2008, 2008-04-18 http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/interviews/benstein.html,

„I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.“

—  Virginia Woolf English writer 1882 - 1941

Quelle: The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three, 1923-1928

„For as long as I can recall, I enjoyed reading. I literally read books from cover to cover. Then I started wondering where words come from. Who made them up? Who said that that opening in a wall was to be called a window? Then I discovered that each word comes with a biography. These words have fascinating stories to tell, if only we take the time to listen. For example, the word window comes from Old Norse in which it meant wind's eye. How much more poetic can you get?“

—  Anu Garg Indian author 1967

2013-03-23
The Hindu
Word Hungry
Suneetha
Balakrishnan
http://www.webcitation.org/6FYejBgFV

„This evening the Anthroposophical Society invited me to give a lecture about modern art, on 13 March. They start to wake up here [in the Netherlands]… Please, tell me something, what I should emphasize, what you find most important. I shall also read something from 'The Spiritual in Art' by Kandinsky… But we still have other views on the whole, isn't it. I don't always agree with Kandinsky, and often more with your views. So please write a little much… You know, for me it is always easier to paint my principles.“

—  Jacoba van Heemskerck Dutch painter 1876 - 1923

translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018
(original version, written by Jacoba in German:) Heute abend bin ich durch den Anthroposophischen Verein eingeladen (worden) am 13. März einen Vortrag über moderne Kunst zu halten. Man fängt hier an zu erwachen.. .Bitte, sage mir einiges, was ich speziell betonen soll, was Du am wichtigsten findest. Ich werde dann auch aus 'Das Geistige in der Kunst' von Kandinsky.. ..etwas vorlesen. Aber wir haben doch in Ganzen noch andere Ansichten. Ich stimme nicht immer met Kandinsky überein, und oft mehr mit Deinen Ansichten. Also bitte schreibe ein bisschen viel.. .Du weisst, ich finde es immer einfacher, meine Prinzipien zu malen.
in a letter to Herwarth Walden, 28 Feb. 1916; from the 'Sturm'-Archive, Berlin
1910's

„I love reading books. In fact I have so many books at home that my mom has asked me not to purchase anymore. I feel books give a lot of knowledge and allow us to think from different perspectives. My all time favourite books are What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey and The Power of your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy. I like to read from fiction to philosophical all of them. The last book I finished reading was Adultery by Paulo Coelho.“

—  Sukirti Kandpal Indian actress 1987

Sukirti Kandpal on #WorldBookDay http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/features/worldbookday-tv-celebs-and-their-love-reading-150423/

„I just read and read and read. … I have always enjoyed reading.“

—  Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930

Rules for success

„What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find.“

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803 - 1882

„Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.“

—  Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

Variante: Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.

„The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read“

—  Rick Warren Christian religious leader 1954

„Their house had real hard-cover books in it, and you often saw them lying open on the sofa, the words still warm from being read.“

—  David Sedaris, buch Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Variante: Their house had real hardcover books in it, and you often saw them lying open on the sofa, the words still warm from being read.
Quelle: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

„I read a book not to find its meaning, but to find my happiness.“

—  Carson Cistulli American poet and writer 1979

Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated (2006)

„I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover.“

—  Ozzy Osbourne English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter 1948

I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day. But if you've got a fantasy of Ozzy, who am I to say? I mean, if you think I sleep upside-down in the rafters and fly around at night and bite people's throats out, then that's your thing. But I can tell you now, all I ever wanted was for people to come to my concerts and have a good time. I don't want anyone to harm themselves in any way, shape or form-and my intentions are good whether people want to believe it or not. I'm not going to suddenly become a Jesus freak or anything. But I do have my beliefs and my beliefs are certainly not satanic.
Rolling Stone Online, May 1997.

„The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.“

—  Oliver Goldsmith Irish physician and writer 1728 - 1774

Quelle: The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith

„Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.“

—  Jorge Luis Borges, buch Seven Nights

Quelle: Seven Nights

„I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamed that I was reading on, so I awoke from sheer boredom.“

—  Heinrich Heine German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic 1797 - 1856

„If anyone has read a lot of books and thinks I am primitive because I have not read even one, then he should throw away those books and get one which says we are all brothers and sisters under God and we too have a right to live.“

—  Roy Sesana Botswana activist 1950

Acceptance Speech for The Right Livelihood Award http://www.rightlivelihood.org/fpk_sesana_speech.html

„I read once that you need two things to be happy: any two of health, money, and love. You can cover the absense of one with the other two… But now I realized this was unmitigated bullshit, because health and money did not compare with love at all.“

—  Max Barry, buch Machine Man

Quelle: Machine Man

„Books everywhere. On the shelves and on the small space above the rows of books and all along the floor and under chairs, books that I have read, books that I have not read.“

—  Edna O'Brien, buch Country Girl

Quelle: Country Girl

„This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It’s mostly pink. If you’re reading this book every night for months, something is not right.“

—  Mindy Kaling, buch Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Quelle: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?