Best quotes for Reading
Here’s a really deep thread on reading. I remember when I was in Senior year just last year in 2020, trying to find quotes on Goodreads about loving books and reading, to try to spark a fire. Here’s a nice pick of my favorites from the Perell tweetstorm:
We all get socialized once by our parents and teachers, ministers and priests. [Reading great books] is about getting a second chance. It’s not about being born again, but about growing up a second time, this time around as your own educator and guide.” — Mark Edmundson
“I got a lot of my education from history. Rather than reading a lot more about the contemporaries I would go back & read about Ford, Rockefeller, Edison, Morgan.” — Marc Andreessen
“When people speak in a very elaborate and sophisticated way, they either want to tell a lie, or to admire themselves. You should not believe such people. Good speech is always clear, clever, and understood by all.” — Leo Tolstoy
“If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I’ve gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.” ― Tom Peters
My fave is this one:
