Quotes About Effective Reading

#1. One can enjoy existence, not life.

Jean-Luc Godard

#2. There is no room for pride in any man. There is no room for unkindness. There is no room for wit at the expense of others. All men are born the same, and equal. As you saw to-day, so come the Captains and the Kings and the Tinkers and the Tailors.

Richard Llewellyn

#3. The most effective reading teachers are teachers who read. According to Morrison, Jacobs, and Swinyard (1999), "Perhaps the most influential teacher behavior to influence students' literacy development is personal reading, both in and out of school" (p. 81).

Donalyn Miller

#4. All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading, and the learner must never cease to hold this phase uppermost. In many cases, the usage of good authors will be found a more effective guide than any amount of precept.

H.P. Lovecraft

#5. Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you're not there anymore. It's better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal.

Mary Karr

#6. She pushed off her toes toward me, guiding my head down, and gently kissed my lips. No. This wouldn't be goudbye. I'd fill her up and make her realize she'd always be empty without me.

Katie McGarry

#7. I'm working in my mind.

Jasper Johns

#8. Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness. -Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)

Leo Buscaglia

#9. I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text.

Richard Curtis

#10. Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.

Chris Prentiss

#11. Just because we live in an insane culture doesn't mean we have to be insane too.

Geneen Roth

#12. Effective readers, even at their earliest levels, read in five to seven word phrases rather than word by word.

Richard Allington

#13. You are mostly treated by others, the way you deserve.

Krishna Saagar

#14. I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

James Patterson

#15. Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.

Max Anders

#16. When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian Chronicles.'

Jack McDevitt

#17. We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason.

Barack Obama

#18. When I first got interested in comics at the time I was studying architecture and I discovered comics as a medium through listening to Art who was courting me by reading me Little Nemo and Krazy Kat by George Herriman. It was really very effective.

Francoise Mouly

#19. Nobody reads anymore in America. Reading has become the least effective delivery system for narrative. That's sad because prose is the means by which you can deliver very complicated, nuanced explanations of problems and possible solutions.

David Simon

#20. I believe there are two ways of concealing a secret: 1. Leave no trace of it. 2. Replace it with a lie.
So which option did you choose, Mr.President?

Sambhav Ratnakar

#21. I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.

Helen Reddy