“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” --Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! 

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."  --Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."  --Victor Hugo

"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise."  --Francis Bacon, Sr.

"Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested." -- Francis Bacon  

 

"I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book." -- Groucho Marx