Speed Reading Quotes

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

Ally Carter
“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

Walter B. Pitkin
“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

Donald Hall
“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

“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

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

Tina Konstant
“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