Reading Quotes: The Importance of Reading

Some of these reading quotes are down right hilarious, but I think you'll get the picture. Enjoy!

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Joseph Addison
“A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say 'How to Build a Boat” Stephen Wright
"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." Walt Disney
"Books had instant replay long before televised sports." Bert Williams
"The greatest gift is a passion for reading.” Elizabeth Hardwick
"Some people will lie, cheat, steal and back-stab to get ahead... and to think, all they have to do is READ.” - Fortune
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” Groucho Marx
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.” Jacqueline Kennedy
"Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words!" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
"What's another word for Thesaurus?” Stephen Wright
“If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?” Stephen Wright