Educated people Quote by Thomas Sowell

“Notwithstanding the very prevalent impression, indeed we might say the practically universal persuasion, that there was nothing worth while talking about in any department…

— James Joseph Walsh

“The majority of the people in the United States have had only an elementary education and have a speaking vocabulary of about two thousand…

— Judith C. Waller

One thing we do know is that mass literacy is a product of the 19th century, at least in English-speaking cultures - Ireland, England,…

— Robert Hass

“Many highly schooled people are uneducated, and many highly "educated" people are unschooled.”

— Milton Friedman

“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

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon…

— Stephanie Mills

“It is a noteworthy feature of 20C culture that for the first time in over a thousand years its educated class is not expected…

— Jacques Barzun

“Professor Henry Higgins: There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!”

— Alan Jay Lerner

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away unable to distinguish between a symbol and the thing…

— Paul Lutus

“As recent immigrants, they wanted their children to speak and read English well. Miss”

— Fannie Flagg

“The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are.”

— Evelyn Waugh