Quotes from LeVar Burton

If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.

We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.

I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

This wired generation is kind of cool.

Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.

It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek ' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.

We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being

Human beings are the laziest creatures in the history of creation. We would rather not do anything if we could avoid it.

Read the books they don't want you to. That's where the good stuff is.

It takes just as much energy to be an asshole as it does to be kind.

In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

We spend an inordinate amount of money of the federal budget on the machinery of war, and neglect our kids in the process, and it's not OK

We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

All literature is political.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.