Quotes About Literacy

They may not spell brilliantly, they may not have the most amazing command of the English language. But they are willing to learn, and they read like crazy. They write, because they have loved so much to read.

One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.

Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

I realize, of course, that I wasn't born knowing how to read. I just can't imagine a time when I didn't know how.

Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.

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

I had been to school most all the time, and could spell, and read, and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don't reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. I don't take no stock in mathematics, anyway.

People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the fellow who can't read a line.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage the man who can't read them

O homem que não lê não tem nenhuma vantagem sobre o homem que não sabe ler.

Omul care nu citeÈ™te c?rÈ›i nu are niciun avantaj în faÈ›a omului care nu le poate citi.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. –

Ä°yi kitaplar okumayan biriyle, okuma yazma bilmeyen biri aras?nda hiçbir fark yoktur.

After supper she got out her book and learned me about

Keep your feelings where you can reach them with the dictionary.

The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

CzÅ'owiek, który nie czyta ksi??ek, nie ma ?adnej przewagi nad tym, który nie potrafi czyta?.

If You don't read good books, then you are no better than an unlettered Man

get thee to a dictionary and be relentless about your visits there. p. 591

Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you. -Liesel

Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now, when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an innate sense of power. It happened every time she deciphered a new word or pieced together a sentence.

Les meilleurs secoueurs de mots étaient ceux qui avaient compris le pouvoir des mots. Ceux qui pouvaient monter le plus haut. Parmi eux se trouvait une fillette toute menue. On la considérait comme la meilleure secoueuse de mots de sa région, car elle savait que sans les mots, on était réduit à l'impuissance.

Elle, la voleuse de livres dépourvue de mots. Mais croyez-moi, les mots allaient venir et, lorsqu'ils arriveraient, Liesel les prendrait dans sa main, comme les nuages, et elle en exprimerait la substance, comme la pluie.