Bill Cosby Quotes

I think literacy is everything.

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

Languages are the keys of science.

Reading taught me how to write.

You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

The ability to write and read books is one of the things that transformed us as a species.

The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'

Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.

I always prided myself on at least trying to be literate and use the right words, and if the audience didn't get it, then they could go home and look it up.

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

As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.

Scientific literacy is one of the underpinnings of everything I do. It's why I work with schools. It's why I teach at university. I do a lot of outreach to try and improve general scientific literacy, but the core of all scientific literacy is just literacy.

Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they... can never be without some element of education.

If you haven't read you don't have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience.

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.

Always, as a child, I would go around the house, and if I found a word that I didn't know the meaning of, I would write it down and ask my parents to define it and try to memorise it.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.

If I don't have words, it's a sign I'm not reading enough.