Jupiter Hammon Quotes

You can't write if you don't read.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.

I have said it often and I will say it again: I believe you learn to read when you are young, then read to learn for the rest of your life.

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

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

I have always advised men to read.

I feel like if I'm going to take time reading, I better be learning.

I don't care what you read, as long as you're reading something 'cause when you read somethin', you're learning somethin'.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

I spend a lot of time reading.

I'm a voracious reader, I'm always studying.

I'm trying to learn how to read. I have a tutor out on the road. It is great.

I like to read and understand.

Reading should be a repeat performance.

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account.

I'm not well read.

Read, read, read, read and then read some more.

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I read a lot as a kid and in high school.

My mother taught me to read.