“Literacy makes man a victim of advertising. Education makes him a victim of employment.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's not computer literacy that we should be working on, but sort of human-literacy. Computers have to become human-literate. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
The industrial powerhouse of 1950 [Detroit] is now a crime-ridden wasteland with a functioning literacy rate equivalent to West African basket-cases. — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
“Before Gutenberg, libraries were small -- the Cambridge University library had only 122 volumes in 1424, for instance; after Gutenberg literacy became widespread.” — Larry Stone Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The improvement of the understanding is for two ends; first, for our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver… — John Locke Copy Share Image
...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility -… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation… — Mihai Nadin Copy Share Image
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
“For many Jews during Talmudic times, conversion to Christianity prob- ably did not appear as a major change: Christianity looked like a… — Maristella Botticini Copy Share Image
Literacy is crucial to creating job opportunities, supporting workers and their families and eradicating poverty in our region...Literacy must start in homes… — Antonio Villaraigosa Copy Share Image
We're an elective democracy where science and technology will define where the economically strong countries in the world will be. And science… — Neil deGrasse Tyson 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
“How my life has been brought to undiscovered lands, and how much richer it gets - all from words printed on a… — Emoke B'Racz 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
“Literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. But there are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom. But reading… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A lot of dyslexic kids are actually more intelligent than average and are very good, because they've got very good memories, at… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
What happens on the ground is that schools have been required to follow a literacy matrix - yes, some schools junked it… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“Most people aren’t trained to want to face the process of re-understanding a subject they already know. One must obtain not just… — Charles Eames Copy Share Image
We humans invented literacy, which means it doesn't come for free with our genes like speech and vision. Every brain has to… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
I've just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
As the border between physical and digital gets more permeable, a new kind of literacy emerges. And that literacy is built on… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
“With the development of the printing press, not only could text be mass-produced quickly, it could also be mass-produced quickly and incorrectly.” — The Bureau Chiefs Copy Share Image
I was forced away from the plantation because I wouldn't go back and withdraw, you know, my literacy test after I had… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
Unicef's education initiative does not seek to impose, but to initiate and integrate. It does, however, aim to address the huge bias… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Science literacy consists in the ability and the desire to follow reports of new scientific advances, throughout your whole life. — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
One thing we do know is that mass literacy is a product of the 19th century, at least in English-speaking cultures -… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
We've done several concerts to promote literacy.. anywhere from children in Africa to children in St. George. It's definitely something that we… — Justin Smith Copy Share Image
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