Literacy Quotes

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

“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.”

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

“The goal is to get kids reading.”

“I believe that kids are smart, and I believe that they want to read.”

“Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere.”

“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 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.”

“Reading is the basics for all learning.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.”

“The grand object of all my labours is, that every poor child in the universe may be able to read his Bible.”

“Veillance is the new literacy.”

“The seeds of dreams are often found in books, and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world.”