Marilynne Robinson Quotes

I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Half my life is in book's written pages. Live and learn from fools and from sages.

To pore upon a book, to seek the light of truth.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.

Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you're working. Tell them it's research. Tell them to pipe down and leave you alone.

The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily.

In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren reads - at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out.

Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today. I'm looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading books.

I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin.

Life is too short for reading inferior books.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!

The more you read, the more you realize there are fascinating books to be read and so little time to do so.

The chief knowledge that's man on from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.

To get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you're not

Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.

Books are to be called for and supplied on the assumption that the process of reading is not a half-sleep, but in the highest sense an exercise, a gymnastic struggle; that the reader is to do something for himself.

Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.

It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate.

He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read, and how everything that they ever needed to know about life and the land of which he wrote, or about any land or realm that they could imagine, was contained in books. And some of the children understood, and some did not.

We have to tell the American public that they're missing the boat, that they have to get into writing and reading. Not only that, but books won't crash in the year 2000.

You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." "It sounds intriguing," admitted Eragon. "Always the scholar, aren't you?" asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. "Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.