Day Quote by Ashraf Ghani

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

— Thomas Steinbeck

Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read.

— Michael Foot

Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged…

— Sasha Grey

My mother's influence in molding my character was conspicuous. She forced me to learn daily long chapters of the Bible by heart. To that…

— John Ruskin

My mother taught me how to read very early on and at school I was ahead of everyone in class... Reading was always something…

— Henry Rollins

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

— DeForest Kelley

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work.…

— John H. Johnson

Probably the biggest influence on me, strange though it may sound, was the 70s, a decade of invention. Growing up then had a huge…

— Vic Reeves

I had the benefit of parents who believed deeply in my ability. And they were teenagers when they had me - they were teenagers…

— Sunny Hostin

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and…

— Judith Viorst

My father in his way influenced me and my sister to educate ourselves and to try to do things in life.

— Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about…

— Twyla Tharp