“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
No estoy seguro de que yo exista, en realidad. Soy todos los autores que he leído, toda la gente que he conocido, todas las mujeres que he amado. Todas las ciudades que he visitado, todos mis antepasados... <br class="br">Source: El Pais, 1981 http://elpais.com/diario/1981/09/26/ultima/370303206_850215.html; translation: The Guardian, 2008 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/10/jorgeluisborges
“I read part of it all the way through.”
Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974) American film producer (1879-1974).
Reported in Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It (1990), p. 42.
Misattributed
“Almighty God, I am sorry I am now an atheist, but have You read Nietzsche?”
John Fante book Ask the Dust
Source: Ask the Dust
Rush Limbaugh (1951) U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, author, and television personality
The Rush Limbaugh Show
2003-10-10, quoted in * 2004-02-15
Taking on Rush
Frank
Cerabino
The Palm Beach Post
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/021504_limbaugh.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20040624220725/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/021504_limbaugh.html
2004-06-24
“I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.”
Kurt Cobain book Journals
Source: Journals (2002), p. 124
“I am Envy… I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.”
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) English dramatist, poet and translator
Estela Portillo-Trambley (1936–1998) American writer
On how she would describe herself (as quoted in the book Chicana Ways: Conversations with Ten Chicana Writers https://books.google.com/books?id=yq0PkmCGWoEC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq)