History Quote by Wendy Griswold

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

— Taylor Ellwood

Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a crucial point:…

— Hugh Mackay

“Our own lives are filled with experiences and beliefs that are peculiar to our culture, and would seem bizarre to anyone outside it. We…

— Darren Oldridge

“More than twenty years ago Sir Charles Snow lamented the sharp division between “The Two Cultures,” the literary/artistic and the scientific. My observations over…

— Gerard K. O'Neill

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

“Children should be taught about history not as is usually the case now, that this is the record of long past events, which one…

— Doris Lessing

“Acquiring knowledge through the centuries has influenced human society more than all other factors.”

— Eraldo Banovac

An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture.

— Mortimer Adler

..there is need for a person to be generally educated. Otherwise you shrivel up much too soon. Whether this means reading the bible (I…

— Peter Drucker

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass

“In a world where education is predominantly verbal, highly educated people find it all but impossible to pay serious attention to anything but words…

— Aldous Huxley

Acquiring literacy is an empowering process, enabling millions to enjoy access to knowledge and information which broadens horizons, increases opportunities and creates alternatives for…

— Kofi Annan