Literacy Quote by Strickland Gillian

“You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you will never be- I had a mother…

— Strickland W. Gillilan

Richer than I you can never be, I had a mother who read to me.

— Strickland Gillilan

“Her palace shimered with onyx, garnet, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue.”

— Stacy Schiff

Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people.

— Hugh Mackay

Learning power comprises both literacy and numeracy, and is ultimately more fundamental than either of them.

— Guy Claxton

PowerPoint presentations, the cesspool of data visualization that Microsoft has visited upon the earth. PowerPoint, indeed, is a cautionary tale in our emerging data…

— Anonymous

Emotional Literacy means being able to recognise what you are feeling, so that it doesn't interfere with thinking. It becomes another dimension to draw…

— Susie Orbach

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

— Anonymous

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

— Angela Carter

Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after…

— John Derbyshire

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal…

— Alan Greenspan

A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,…

— Anthony Horowitz

In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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

Love of books is the best of all.

— Jackie Kennedy