Ray Bradbury Quotes

My alma mater was books, a good library.

Your library is your paradise.

If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.

A library implies an act of faith.

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

Without the library, I would have been lost.

I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.

The more you read, the more things you will know.

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.

If it is wisdom you're after, you're going to spend a lot of time on your ass reading.

Read! Read all the time, the understanding will come by itself.

I always say that, to me, it starts with reading. This is something I tell high school kids, college kids, people trying to get into the business, that it's just so much about reading. Read, read, read. So much of everything else falls into place when you just do a ton of reading.

To start with, look at all the books.

One of the first things my father taught me was that the library was made for and available to me. It's a place where you not only learn from books but you learn responsibility - how to borrow, take care of, and give back.

The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.

Reading becomes the fuel for development.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

Libraries are the center of our lives. There's no use going to a university if you don't live at the library.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will be taught. Use the library. Open any book.