Adults Quote by Felix Frankfurter

Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that doesn't read…

— Jim Trelease

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated,…

— Thomas S. Monson

It would probably surprise people how prevalent reading is in institutions - and the degree to which some states discourage reading by instituting draconian…

— George Pelecanos

“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools…

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

Well meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading - do not discourage children from reading because you feel they're reading the…

— Neil Gaiman

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

— Kate DiCamillo

“I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see…

— Neil Gaiman

Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt or a sense of humor.

— Lindsey Davis

One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty.

— Alan Bennett

“Without knowing it, the adults in our lives practiced a most productive kind of behavior modification. After our chores and household duties were done…

— Mildred Armstrong Kalish

“For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly.”

— André Gide