“Reading is more important to me than eating.”
“I decided that it was more important to laugh than to eat.”
“Reading is more important than writing.”
“Is it more important to understand than to obey? Is it more important to me to know than to believe?”
“I dedided it was more important to laugh than eat. - Mary Todd after choosing Lincoln over a more wealthy suitor”
“no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it.”