Literacy Quotes
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"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads."
"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
"People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book."
"My bursting heart must find vent at my pen."
"I’ll bet opening a store called Boobs and Books would increase literacy. I prefer a hands-on approach to learning."
"People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers."
"As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!"
"There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book."
"All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books."
"I want to be a creature that’s half bee, half the letter B. That way I can pollinate the world with my literacy."
"Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light."
"Who made you Queen of Literacy? Go sit in your car!"
"With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see."
"There’s nothing more important than literary merit, and that’s why I not only created an award—the Julius Caesar Author of the Year Award—but I nominated myself as the first recipient. You can’t always wait for success to come to you. Sometimes you just have to create it out of nothingness. Just ask the Federal Reserve."
"[T]o really try to be informed and literate today is to feel stupid nearly all the time, and to need help."
"I have become very aware how under-represented are the stories of the underprivileged and undervalued. Our records are, in general, very male and if not always the material of the rich, certainly (for obvious reasons) the material of the literate."
"When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future."
"The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry."
Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
"The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large."
"We awaken by asking the right questions."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"The higher the proportion of adults with low literacy proficiency is, the slower the overall long-term GDP growth rate is."
"Look at their arts, their power of turning stone into lifelike figures, and above all, the way in which they can transfer their thoughts to white leaves, so that others, many many years hence, can read them and know all that was passing, and what men thought and did in the long bygone. Truly it is marvelous."
"Hey there, Hallie, welcome to the next place we need a Deer Crossing sign.' I didn't know that deers could"
"If for us culture means museum and library and open house and art gallery, for them it meant the activities and amenities of everyday life... The rift is... between "folk" culture, where the unschooled can be wise, and print culture, which enslaved the other senses to the eye."
"Fire . . . Does that light by itself?"
"...it is very well worth while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it. Consider - if reading had not been taught, Mrs. Radcliffe would have written in vain - or perhaps might not have written at all."
"I travel to the ancient world by reading ancient books."
"...literacy is as vital as food, security, limiting population growth, and control of the environment.Education, after all, is the one issue that affects every other one. I think of it in the same way as dropping a pebble into a pond and getting a ripple effect. Educated people make more money and are more likely to escape poverty. Educated parents raise healthier children....The list goes on, just as ripples in a body of water emanate outward."
"Everyone must be given the opportunity to think, read and write."
"Every child must be taught how to think, read and write."
"Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?"
"No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets."
"When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again."
"Wherever they went the Irish brought with them their books, many unseen in Europe for centuries and tied to their waists as signs of triumph, just as Irish heroes had once tied to their waists their enemies' heads. Where they went they brought their love of learning and their skills in bookmaking. In the bays and valleys of their exile, they reestablished literacy and breathed new life into the exhausted literary culture of Europe.And that is how the Irish saved civilization."
"Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again."
"Art is literacy of the heart."
"Read. Everything you can get your hands on. Read until words become your friends. Them when you need to find one, they will jump into your mind, waving their hands for you to pick them. And you can select whichever you like, just like a captain choosing a stickball team."
"Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it."
"Literacy is a fundamental life skill, one that serves as a portal to knowledge and a lifetime of opportunity."
"If we don’t live in the same vibe, it is hard to be aware of each other. When our reading differs from our neighbors’ reality, our surroundings may take a range of discordant shades and daily episodes become unrecognizable. But if we endeavor to find out, the “who is who”, the “what is what” and the “where is Waldo”, we might demonstrate our social literacy and connectedness. ("Fish for silence.")"
"It's a sad state of affairs when we make fun of people for reading instead of making reading fun for people."
"Library science was the foundation of all sciences."
"We write to give strength to the soul of the spirit."
"Parents often ask - how do I get my child interested in books and reading? One tried and true way that my late husband and I used was paying them to read. For each book that my sons read, we paid them $1. They soon developed a love for reading and forgot all about the money. Amazing but true!"
"Most of the world's problems will be solved if literacy prevailed."
"When writing the constitution for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Adams wrote:I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading."
"It’s our(As The Stars of the Sky Foundation, Inc.) passion and joy to read to children and improve literacy, as well as teach others about charity and the impact they can have in a child’s life."
"A hundred years ago, an average teenager knew countless authors, and, a sex position or two. Today, an average teenager knows countless sex positions, and, an author or two."
"Good literacy skills can help children:-Be healthy and safe.-Do their homework to their best ability.-Get and keep a job one day.-Eventually participate in local committees or government"
"Literacy is one of the greatest gifts a person could receive"
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