Sallie Krawcheck Quotes

I think if I hadn't become a sociologist, I would have become very anti-intellectual.

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.

I really wanted to do research. That has never changed.

No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.

All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for research. I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes.

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.

I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some way, even if they aren't exactly 'pleasurable.'

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

Reading has made me more open, has improved my understanding, and has made me a better artiste, but it also makes me live in my own bubble. My mom keeps asking me, 'What do you read in that room the whole day?' Once I am into a book, I will finish it.

My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's great readers.

This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it.

All my knowledge comes from research.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.

I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.

Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light.

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.

While I've worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also a judge for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which gives awards to literature and nonfiction.