Children Quote by Henry David Thoreau

We are underbred and low-lived and illiterate; and in this respect I confess I do not make any very broad distinction between theilliterateness of…

— Henry David Thoreau

“I hope that as a totally literate human being that you don't even know what "illiteracy" is because it simply doesn't exist in your…

— Peter Davis

“Illiteracy is simply the inability to read and write.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“The illiterate of the 21st Century are not those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”

— Alvin Toffler

“If education makes a person ignorant towards others, then I'd rather be illiterate.”

— Nonankie

The greatest illiterate is the inability to learn the great things of life from small things around.

— Matthew Ashimolowo

“These kids didn’t know how to read so I got them dictionaries, and because they were too shy to discuss literacy in meetings, they…

— Roxane Gay

“I shouldn't say bad things about the illiterate, though..I should write it.”

— Mike Birbiglia

“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more…

— Maya Angelou

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. –…

— Swami Achuthananda

“The World needs Educated Persons not the Literate Ones”

— Yarro Rai

The new illiteracy is about more than not knowing how to read the book or the word; it is about not knowing how to…

— Henry Giroux