Literate Quotes

125 Literate quotes by 119 unique authors

Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing… — Jeffery Deaver
I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. — David Antin
I'm saying that the domain of poetry includes both oral & written forms, that poetry goes back to a pre-literate situation & would survive a… — Jerome Rothenberg
I'm a semi-literate farmer and hired killer. I ain't in the power game. — John Marston
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we… — Yo-Yo Ma
The literate man is a sucker for propaganda...You cannot propagandize a native. You can sell him rum and trinkets, but you cannot sell him ideas. — Marshall McLuhan
I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able to then create… — Lisa See
Ten Little Indians once again shows [Alexie] to be not just one of the West’s best, but one of the most brilliantly literate American writers,… — Ron Franscell
I don't see one as bring better or more literate than the other and there's a real buzz to not only writing about a character… — Mark Millar
In the South, it is different, they have a audience that is literate. — Ajay Devgan
The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets and critics are… — C.S. Lewis
Just as we would not traditionally assume that someone is literate if they can read but not write, we should not assume that someone possesses… — Henry Jenkins
There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one… — Roger Schank
It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist for example Vincent Van Gogh, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the… — Loren Eiseley
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form… — Glenn T. Seaborg
Subtle and literate, The Dance of Intimacy is like a long, revealing conversation with a wise and compassionate friend. — Maggie Scarf
The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people. — Shirley Brice Heath
If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate. — David Warlick
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it. — Dorothy Parker
The notion of multiple literacies recognized that there are many ways of being-and of becoming-literate, and that how literacy develops and how it is used… — Jerome Bruner
Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know… — David Crystal
It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our children must learn… — Ernest L. Boyer
It's an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world. — Rita Mae Brown
You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills — Leonardo da Vinci
It is important to be biblically literate, but we must also be biblically obedient! — John Wimber

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