Literacy Quotes

247 quotes by 178 authors

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no… — Margaret Atwood
I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the shocking… — Margaret Atwood
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Joseph Addison
Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. — W. E. B. Du Bois
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. — Edmund Burke
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. — William Ralph Inge
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. — George W. Bush
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring… — Angela Carter
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for… — Maya Angelou
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. — Kofi Annan
We were not taught financial literacy in school. It takes a lot of work and time to change your thinking and to become financially literate. — Robert Kiyosaki
It's not computer literacy that we should be working on, but sort of human-literacy. Computers have to become human-literate. — Nicholas Negroponte
literacy is at the heart of sustainable development — Kofi Annan
On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical… — Kofi Annan
We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
There are all kinds of things you can do to marry literacy with health. — C. Everett Koop
Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. — Hugh Mackay
Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs… — Hugh Mackay

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