“Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. ”
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.”
“Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.”
“We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.”
“And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.”
“Matter of fact, I watch tons of tube, but I also read tons of books so I can figure out what's true and what's fake, which isn't always easy. Books are like truth serum--if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”