The less literate are the first to fail and drop out of school. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
For me, being literate and articulate is a form of judo, of overcoming the [system] by its own method. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read. — Christina Hoff Sommers Copy Share Image
We have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. — David Antin Copy Share Image
'Family Guy'. It's not only the funniest programme on television, it's the most wonderfully, indecorously literate. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“I am no enemy of Nepal being a fully literate society. It is a good thing for society and the nation as… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
I like to think I'm generally accessible, but I give readers the benefit of the doubt of being reasonably culturally-literate. — Alonso Duralde Copy Share Image
Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The readership of Victorian novels, when they were published, was much less diverse. People were probably white, and had enough money to… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
I always prided myself on at least trying to be literate and use the right words, and if the audience didn't get… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
For me, the most important and distinguishing property of new media is interactivity. But how many people can actually create interactive games,… — Mitchel Resnick Copy Share Image
It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Every child needs to become literate in one or more languages, and every child should become comfortable in the major scholarly disciplines… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The value of science is not simply what the next model of the iPod you will buy next week, but its real… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
From my foster parents, the Deans, I received the love that was ultimately to strengthen me, even when I had forgotten its… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I'm delighted the world is becoming more mentally literate. A few decades ago, if you mentioned the word 'brain,' no one was… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
If I had been literate, I wouldn't have sold drugs. I just wanted a job. I would have worked at McDonald's. And… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image