Blockheads Quote by Robert Southey

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

— Warren Buffett

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

— Anonymous

It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

— Maurice Sendak

“نقش: كل ما عليك عمله لتعليم طفل هو أن تعلمه القراءة وتتركه ، أي شئ غير ذلك فهو غسيل مخ …!! (إيلين جيلكرست) All you have to do to educate a child is leave them alone and teach them to read. The rest is brainwashing.”

— Ellen Gilchrist

“The mind of a child is like a kiss on the forehead — open and disinterested”

— Patti Smith

Children need explanations and they deserve explanations.

— Todd Bridges

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Dehaene even allows himself a few moments of (justifiable) annoyance at the way that "childhood reading experts" continue their debates about the best strategies…

— Alan Jacobs

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

— George Carlin

“Children do not have reasoning capability or emotive development; thus, they are unable to precisely gauge what is going on with them.”

— Patricia Dsouza

The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?

— Claire Messud

“Adults think children are oblivious to their surroundings I think; as if we are blind and stupid until we blurt out something that tells…

— Shiree McCarver