Reading And Literacy Quotes - Page 3

• How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Book, Reading

  1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'Reading'.

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• I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.

  J. K. Rowling

  Reading, Stories, Lasts

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• One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.

  Carl Sagan

  Education, Children, Giving

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• A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Book, Reading, Library

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• You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

  Confucius

  Reading, Ignorance, Self

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• Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.

  William J. Clinton

  Education, Creativity, Responsibility

  Clinton, William J. (1995). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1994”, p.1503, Best Books on

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• You may have tangible wealth untold:
  Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
  Richer than I you can never be
  I had a Mother who read to me.

  Strickland Gillilan

  Mothers Day, Mom, Reading

  Strickland Gillilan, “The Reading Mother”

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• Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

  Ruth Rendell

  Book, Reading, Life Is

  Ruth Rendell (2000). “A Judgement in Stone”, Vintage

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• The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

  Malcolm X

  Motivational, Book, Reading

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.187, Ballantine Books

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• A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Success, Education

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• People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Funny, Life, Witty

  Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"

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• We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

  B. F. Skinner

  Inspiring, Education, Book

  "B. F. Skinner: The Man and His Ideas". Book by Richard Isadore Evans, p. 73, 1968.

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• A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Book, Reading, Learning

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• A book is a gift you can open again and again.

  Garrison Keillor

  Happiness, Christmas, Thank You

  Attributed to Keillor in "The Miracle of Language" by Richard Lederer, p. 149, 1999.

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• To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

  Edmund Burke

  Reading, Book, Thinking

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• Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Education, Patience

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• When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Inspirational, Motivational, Money

  Desiderius Erasmus' letter to Jacob Batt, April 12, 1500.

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• Words are the voice of the heart.

  Confucius

  Reading, Heart, Voice

  Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2006). “The Essential Analects: Selected Passages with Traditional Commentary”, p.138, Hackett Publishing

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• A lot of dyslexic kids are actually more intelligent than average and are very good, because they've got very good memories, at disguising the fact that they can't read or have got problems in reading and literacy.

  Jackie French

  Memories, Reading, Kids

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