Aliteracy Quotes & Sayings

She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books. — Hilda Van Stockum

Wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading. — John Irving

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen

I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read. — Nicole Peeler

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. — Mark Twain

Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't. — Mark Twain

We have created a culture of reading poverty in which a vicious cycle of aliteracy has the potential to devolve into illiteracy for many students. By allowing students to pass through our classrooms without learning to love reading, we are creating adults (who then become parents and teachers) who don't read much. They may be capable of reading well enough to perform academic and informational reading, but they do not love to read and have few life reading habits to model for children. — Donalyn Miller

School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure. — Ambeth R. Ocampo

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed. — Anne Rice

Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise — Mark Twain

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. — Oscar Wilde