literacy, n.All

Literacy is essential to development. There is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

I put the 'o' in illiterate.

When I left home, my mom said, 'Don't forget to write"I thought: "That's unlikely – it's a basic skill, isn't it?"

I can't put into words how much I love my wifeI'm illiterate

Literacy is a significant yardstick of the development of a nation.

The literacy rate is around 86%, globally

Michelangelo illustrated his shopping list because his servant was illiterate.

Literacy is a fire created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud—it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.

Japan is the most literate country in the world, at almost 100%

Literacy is a dangerous thing unless the common people can have some control over what is given them to read in the press and to bear over the radio.

Literacy is so you can read the operating instructions.