Quotes by Imbibing it is, in truth, the most absurd of all suppositions, that a human being can be educated, or even nourished and brought up, without imbibing numberless prejudices from every thing which passes around him. Anna Letitia Barbauld imbibing absurd prejudice I care about facts the way I care about oxygen and imbibing enough water a day to live. John Oliver imbibing oxygen water But genius is religious. It is a larger imbibing of the common heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson imbibing religious heart Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors. Siri Hustvedt imbibing reading doors