“Literacy makes man a victim of advertising. Education makes him a victim of employment.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Better to lose a book to a child, than to lose a child to illiteracy. — Richard Allington Copy Share Image
The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
“Illiterate people should only be charged for the photographs; when buying a newspaper.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.” — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate. — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy. — James Cook Copy Share Image
The new illiteracy is about more than not knowing how to read the book or the word; it is about not knowing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“I hope that as a totally literate human being that you don't even know what "illiteracy" is because it simply doesn't exist… — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely… — Nicole Peeler Copy Share Image
“The world has been taught to be scared of him, but the reality is that he is scared of the world because… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it's as fundamental a problem as getting enough to eat or a place to sleep. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
I know that, throughout the world, there are good men and women concerned with the greatest challenges facing society today - poverty,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“Illiteracy is dependence. By finding the courage to learn to read and write, Hanna had advanced from dependence to independence, a step… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
I have no doubt in my mind that our chief national problems relating to the eradication of poverty, illiteracy and disease and… — Subhas Chandra Bose Copy Share Image
Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, disease and illiteracy. All social welfare programmes must be implemented efficiently.… — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
I think it's a scandal what has been happening in the school system so far as lower income classes. The dropout rates,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
Look at how the British covered India with railroads, and it is easy to view them as modernisers. Look, however, at the… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Not a thousand years ago, it was illegal to teach a slave to read. Not a thousand years ago, the Supreme Court… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
By 1940 the literacy figure for all states stood at 96 percent for whites. Eighty percent for blacks. Notice for all the… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
Anything would be better in the US than what you have. As a government it's really very low quality, given the fact… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
“the aging and grumpy Plato, in Book VII of the Laws, gave his definition of scientific illiteracy: Who is unable to count… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
People are the common denominator of progress; no improvement is possible with unimproved people. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
Illiteracy causes violence. If you don't have enough words in your vocabulary, you can't even seek your way out of a situation. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“Kuna tofauti kati ya hekima na maarifa. Unaweza kuwa profesa ukawa mpumbavu, unaweza kuwa gumbaru ukawa na hekima.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
There is visual illiteracy with text-oriented films like bloody 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings.'. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future… — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
Yes and I appreciate it. But this is going to be difficult enough without running my words through a filter of illiteracy. — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Those who depend on television as their primary information source are condemned to … A form of political illiteracy. — Bill Kraus Copy Share Image
