I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
#quotes #junot-diaz #childhood #reading #geek
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
#quotes #mark-twain #health #medicine #books
Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical.
Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
#quotes #masta-ace #music
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ~Edith Sitwell
#quotes #edith-sitwell #reading #music #silence
Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #children
I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
#quotes #charlize-theron #travel #world #south-africa
It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #time #progress
Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
#quotes #kenneth-scott-latourette #christianity #society
I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
#quotes #tom-hicks #sports
Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #habits
He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
#proverbs #moroccan-proverbs #life
Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #advice
To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #people #food #king
I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
#quotes #sonam-kapoor #harry-potter #reading
Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
#quotes #amelia-earhart #women #men
The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #silence
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #conscience
I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
#quotes #henrik-ibsen #human #believe #books #thinking
Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #business #honesty
Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
#quotes #harry-enfield #men
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #friendship #character
I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
#quotes #samantha-stosur #workout #bikes
A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs
If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #tea #truth
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