Speed Reading Quotes

“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”
― Woody Allen

“Turn," Liz said, trying not to hide her impatience at being forced to read at non-speed-of-light pace.”
― Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young

“You will get little or nothing from the printed page if you bring it nothing but your eye.”
― Walter Pitkin, The Art Of Rapid Reading: A Book For People Who Want To Read Faster And More Accurately

“For Our Purposes, I define "reading" as looking at printed words and getting enough meaning from them to satisfy your purpose.”
― Peter Kump

“I read ‘War and Peace’ in 20 minutes,” he says. “It’s about Russia.”
― Woody Allen

“When I was sixteen I read ten books a week: E.E. Cummings, William Faulkner, Henry James, Hart Crane, John Steinbeck. I thought I progressed in literature by reading faster and faster--but reading more is reading less. I learned to slow down.”
― Donald Hall, A Carnival Of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety

“Reading fast doesn’t make you smarter. Understanding faster does.”
― Daniel Wieser

“No truly intelligent person shows off the number of books they read in a week, month, or year.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“محتوى المادة التي تقوم بقراءتها وحجم الخط وحالتك النفسية وأُلفتك للموضوع والهدف منة,جميعها عوامل رئيسية تؤثر على سرعتك في القراءة”
― Tina Konstant, Work Smarter with Speed Reading: A Teach Yourself Guide