Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading.

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever…

— Malcolm X

I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American pioneers, the…

— Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr

“I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there, in prison, that reading had changed forever…

— Malcolm X

It is impossible for a person who fears Allah to commit terrorist acts because of his faith. Such acts are committed by people who…

— Harun Yahya

In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary…

— John Edensor Littlewood

“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated…

— Khushwant Singh

I'm not an educated man. I only know what I'm told, and I'm not told that much; I have no frame of reference for…

— Maynard James Keenan

The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it…

— Frantz Fanon

I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to…

— Malala Yousafzai

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

— Elbert Hubbard

He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be…

— Katherine Paterson

Why shouldn't I be confident? I'm well educated, I can deliver a line, and I have more than three expressions. That's good right?

— Sonakshi Sinha

Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters, educated though…

— Rosemary Mahoney

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford

The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…

— Margaret Mead