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HUMOROUS QUOTATIONS AND SAYINGS ABOUT READING AND BOOKS Collected by Kathleen Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com www.WinningSpirit.com
Here are some of my favorite humorous sayings and quotes about reading and books. I hope you enjoy them and they make you smile .
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. — Groucho Marx Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I can read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whichever end I like best. — Gracie Allen I can read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whichever end I like best. — Gracie Allen Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
The covers of this book are too far apart. – Ambrose Bierce Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
If we didn't have libraries, many people thirsty for knowledge would dehydrate. —  Megan Jo Tetrick, age 12 Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep. — Author Unknown Kathleen   L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book. — Kin Hubbard   Everything comes to him who waits except a loaned book. —  Kin Hubbard   Copyright    by Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books that other folks have leant me. — Anatole France   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I was reading a book, “ The History of Glue.” I couldn't put it down. —  Tim Vine Kathleen L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Life happened because I turned the pages. —  Alberto Manguel Copyright    by Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. — Flannery O'Connor   Kathleen L.   Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a bookmark. — Steven Wright Kathleen L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away. — Clarence Darrow   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Never judge a book by its movie. —  J.W. Eagan Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. —  Bertrand Russell Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. —  Tom Clancy Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. — Jerry Seinfield   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. —  Robert Chambers Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood …    …  and if they had been any better, I should not have come. —  Raymond Chandler Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? — Irwin Shaw Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
If you cannot say what you are going to say in 20 minutes you ought to go away and write a book about it. —  John Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon   Kathleen L.   Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early. —  Henry Brooke Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
70 million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out. — Tom Masson Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Books had instant replay long before televised sports. — Bern Williams Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. —  Robert Byrne Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. — Dorothy Parker Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
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 Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
One always tends to over praise a long book because one has got through it. —  E. M. Forster   Kathleen   L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Always read  something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. —  P.J. O’Rourke Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I have only read one book in my life and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another. — Nancy Mitford Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. —  Abraham Lincoln Kathleen   L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. — Groucho Marx Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. —  English Proverb REPENT!   Kathleen L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. —  Isaac Asimov   Kathleen L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.  —  Mark Twain   Kathleen L.   Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. —  William Westmoreland   Kathleen L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
If you can read this, thank a teacher. —  Anonymous Teacher   Kathleen L. Hawkins   www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
Thanks for visiting my quotes presentation. Collected by Kathleen Hawkins To learn powerful speed-reading strategies that will help you to be the faster, better reader you want to be, visit  Speed Reading Strategies eBook information www.SpeedReadingExpert.com

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Humorous quotations and sayings about reading and books

  • 1. HUMOROUS QUOTATIONS AND SAYINGS ABOUT READING AND BOOKS Collected by Kathleen Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com www.WinningSpirit.com
  • 2. Here are some of my favorite humorous sayings and quotes about reading and books. I hope you enjoy them and they make you smile .
  • 3. Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. — Groucho Marx Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 4. I can read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whichever end I like best. — Gracie Allen I can read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whichever end I like best. — Gracie Allen Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 5. The covers of this book are too far apart. – Ambrose Bierce Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 6. If we didn't have libraries, many people thirsty for knowledge would dehydrate. — Megan Jo Tetrick, age 12 Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 7. No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep. — Author Unknown Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 8. Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book. — Kin Hubbard Everything comes to him who waits except a loaned book. — Kin Hubbard Copyright  by Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 9. Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books that other folks have leant me. — Anatole France   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 10. I was reading a book, “ The History of Glue.” I couldn't put it down. — Tim Vine Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 11. Life happened because I turned the pages. — Alberto Manguel Copyright  by Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 12. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. — Flannery O'Connor   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 13. I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a bookmark. — Steven Wright Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 14. Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away. — Clarence Darrow   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 15. Never judge a book by its movie. — J.W. Eagan Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 16. There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. — Bertrand Russell Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 17. The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. — Tom Clancy Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 18. A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. — Jerry Seinfield   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 19. Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. — Robert Chambers Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 20. If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood …    … and if they had been any better, I should not have come. — Raymond Chandler Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 21. I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? — Irwin Shaw Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 22. If you cannot say what you are going to say in 20 minutes you ought to go away and write a book about it. — John Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 23. A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early. — Henry Brooke Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 24. 70 million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out. — Tom Masson Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 25. Books had instant replay long before televised sports. — Bern Williams Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 26. No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. — Robert Byrne Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 27. This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. — Dorothy Parker Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 28. 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 Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 29. One always tends to over praise a long book because one has got through it. — E. M. Forster Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 30. Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. — P.J. O’Rourke Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 31. I have only read one book in my life and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another. — Nancy Mitford Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 32. The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. — Abraham Lincoln Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 33. I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. — Groucho Marx Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 34. A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. — English Proverb REPENT! Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 35. I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. — Isaac Asimov   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 36. Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. — Mark Twain   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 37. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. — William Westmoreland   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 38. If you can read this, thank a teacher. — Anonymous Teacher   Kathleen L. Hawkins www.SpeedReadingExpert.com
  • 39. Thanks for visiting my quotes presentation. Collected by Kathleen Hawkins To learn powerful speed-reading strategies that will help you to be the faster, better reader you want to be, visit Speed Reading Strategies eBook information www.SpeedReadingExpert.com