Richard Nixon Quotes

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 think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun.

We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Games have to be relevant intellectually.

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.

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

A lot of stuff people do these days is not mentally challenging.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.

I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

If I could do anything in my life and be remembered for anything, I would like to be remembered for helping the world see the value of physical engagement with ideas.

Less smoking and more reading.

Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them.

I will say this: I know no wise person who doesn't read a lot. I suspect that you can read on the computer now and get a lot of benefit out of it, but I doubt that it'll work as well as reading print worked for me.

I'm a voracious reader. What that does is keep your mind fresh and active and hearing different voices and different styles. TV can be derivative, and if you just watch TV, you're not widening the circle.

Reading can be just feeding, but smart reading takes us further. The classroom is one way to go deeper, but we can't stay in school forever.

I like to consume information. I like to learn.

I just love to read, learn, and think through complex things.