Quote by Matthew Pierce

“I learned from the age of two or three that any room in our house, at any time of day, was there to read…

— Eudora Welty

President Bush said that our kids must be taught how to read. He said if his aides never learned to read, they'd never be…

— Jay Leno

“So apparently all homeschooled kids spoke like pretentious liberal arts college students.”

— Koren Zailckas

“All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the…

— Katherine Ann Porter

“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 those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers because we have no idea what…

— Anthony Esolen

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

— Alvin Toffler

“Ten years ago, we would have been writing perfect stories, but people's attention spans have become more limited in these, the last days of…

— Jeff VanderMeer

“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought…

— Margaret Atwood

“Literacy isn't just about reading, writing, and comprehension. It's about culture, professionalism, and social outlook.”

— Taylor Ellwood