Bills Quote by Oliver DeMille

Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

— George W. Bush

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

If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate.

— David Warlick

As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions.…

— Walter Dean Myers

Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm sure. It…

— Anonymous

Encourage your children to read. Reading can unlock the keys to a whole world of information. Parents are teachers, both by example and by…

— Anonymous

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way…

— John Taylor Gatto

In many ways, the ability to read is the great divide that separates the very young from everyone else. Once we've joined the conspiracy…

— Patricia T. O'Conner

How will they learn to read? you ask, and my answer is Remember the lessons of Massachusetts. When children are given whole lives instead…

— John Taylor Gatto

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

— Clarence Thomas

“America’s Founders understood literacy as a prerequisite for freedom and our form of self-government. Once we know how to read, what we read matters.…

— Ben Sasse

I want to encourage all parents to read to their children because it helps them to become better educated, better informed.

— Jesse White