Literacy Quotes

“The dictionary is a closed book to too many.”

“What we're trying to do is make a shift in the notion of literacy. The new literacy is the ability to create and express yourself with digital technology.”

“Reading is not just about words. It's about pictures, too.”

“Reading is exciting. Reading is fun. Reading is cool. There is nothing quite like the thrill of opening a book and being drawn into another world to meet new people and to discover their stories.”

“Next in importance to the divine profusion of water, light, and air... may be reckoned the universal diffusion of letters.”

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.”

“First words must have an intense meaning for a child. They must be part of his being.”

“Reading is the basics for all learning.”

“If you can read, you can do anything.”

“Reading is the basis of all learning.”

“Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.”

“A love of reading has been a constant in my life. It's my passion.”

“Reading is the foundation of all learning.”

“I think we're in a post-literate age. We're in an age of tele-literacy, and that's not a good thing.”

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”

“Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.”

“Reading the world always precedes reading the word, and reading the word implies continually reading the world.”

“When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.”

“The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.”

“A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.”