“We are not quite conscious of the reason for our disdain when we refer to the illiterate past as wallowing in ignorance...… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You live in a country that's marked by celebrity culture, you know, that basically infantilizes people, paralyzes them, eliminates all notions of… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn’t have to… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
Last I checked, Bill Gates was worth $50 billion. If the average employed adult, who is walking in a hurry, will pick… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy's habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
A basic language-literacy of Nature is falling from us. And what is being lost along with this literacy is something perhaps even… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people. — Shirley Brice Heath Copy Share Image
People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn't understand. It's a sense of empowerment. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women. — Umera Ahmad Copy Share Image
“...we're also extremely sensitive to the difference between literacy and ideology. It is our belief that the first helps to thwart intolerance,… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
In terms of my profession, I'm passionate about financial literacy. I want to live in a financially literate society. I want kids… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
“As immigrant artists for whom so much has been sacrificed, so many dreams have been deferred, we already doubt so much. Who… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Basically, you're still sitting there using just the muscles of your hand, really. Of one hand, actually. It's another example of the… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
We should think about what we mean by literacy. If you say, "He's a very literate person," what you really mean is… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
You can't train kids in a world where adults have no concept of what science literacy is. The adults are gonna squash… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As a state legislator, I had worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass a number of bills, including some related to higher… — Joaquin Castro Copy Share Image
“These programs and reading series are the fruit of an intellectually exhausted literacy industry that lost its way long ago, even as… — Mike Schmoker Copy Share Image
Xs were used because there was no mass literacy - a state we are rapidly approaching once more. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
