2010-11-30-A_few_quotations_on_reading_and_literacy

Title: A few quotations on reading and literacy

Date posted: 2010-11-30

I am aware that quotations found on the Internet are more than likely wrong, or wrongly attributed, or both. That said, last night I found a few that I really like here: http://www.literacyla.org/quotes.htm N.B.: TODO - 2024-02-05: the attributions have not been verified.

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends, they are the most accessible and wisest of councilors, and the most patient of teachers."

  • Charles W. Eliot

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

  • B. F. Skinner

"Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind."

  • Marston Bates

"What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it."

  • Stephen Jay Gould