It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It is customary for adults to forget how hard and dull school is. The learning by memory all the basic things one… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually… — Marilyn Jager Adams Copy Share Image
“. . . this girl who seemed, increasingly, to be interested in learning to read everything except how human beings talked to one another.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Learning to read – really read, that is, to spend hours alone lost in a book – requires example and solitude, and… — Andrew Cook Copy Share Image
The Indians seemed to be living in a place and in a way that was of immense importance to me. So I… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
“Being naturally of a serious turn, my attention was directed to the solid advantages derivable from a residence here, rather than to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“He switched off the light, came back and sat in the chair. In the darkness, Liesel kept her eyes open. She was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“When people recover from depression via psychotherapy, their attributions about recovery are likely to be different than those of people who have… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“learning to read awoke a touching thirst for knowledge. ‘Send me a list of books published on comets, stars, water, the earth,… — S.A. Smith Copy Share Image
In many cultures, women are sometimes literally kept from learning to read or from going to school. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
“You think there’s no detriment in a slave learning to read? There are sad truths in our world, and one is that… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Learning to read gave us a true oasis, salvation, in the same way that coming to know Jesus or the Buddha might… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think that learning to read between the lines of traditional media is one way to stay informed, and also realizing that… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
Any writer worth his salt knows that only a small proportion of literature does nore than partly compensate people for the damage… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“They are all stupid peasants, and the worst of all peasants are the so-called educated. These people should not only be prevented… — William S Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Licking a 9-volt battery, learning to whittle, riding a bicycle, climbing trees: we may not see these as necessities like learning to… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
