Everyone Has An Opinion About Reading
Reading, like all powerful forces, leads to many and varied reactions. Here are some musings from the famous--and not so famous--that reflect a few of the many facets of reading.
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen,
is that you can take it to bed with you.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Stephen Vincent Benet
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Bert Williams
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.
Emilie Buchwald
I must say that I find television very educational.
The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.
Groucho Marx
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
Japanese proverb
Never judge a book by its movie.
J. W. Eagan
The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one
on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.
Benjamin Franklin
There is more treasure in books than
in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
Walt Disney
What is the use of a book', thought Alice,
'without pictures or conversations?'
Lewis Carroll
When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.
Jean Fritz
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.
Just get people to stop reading them.
Ray Bradbury
