179 Quotes About Literacy

To be unable to read was the ultimate measure of wretchedness.

Dude!" cried Time. "What the fuck, man!""Sorry," said Cooper. "I thought this was a bathroom." He stuck out a pouty lower lip. "What could possibly have led you to believe this was a bathroom?" the lizard creature hissed. "The door is clearly marked OFFICE!""I can't read your lizard language," said Cooper.

Growing Literacy of the Heart and Mind Cultivates the Landscape of a Child's Future.

Even if you have to die tomorrow; die as a literate.

Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

Illiteracy is the innability of a person to learn. It is not all about the innability to read or write as the middle class regards it.

Johnny couldn't read until half a year ago for the simple reason that nobody ever showed him how.

The world of books, the greatest possessions.

This is what I want for my students, to lose and find themselves in books.