Barack Obama Quotes

I always say that, to me, it starts with reading. This is something I tell high school kids, college kids, people trying to get into the business, that it's just so much about reading. Read, read, read. So much of everything else falls into place when you just do a ton of reading.

Reading is the basics for all learning.

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

Reading is a huge part of life.

Without education we can’t achieve anything.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

Few things are as essential as education.

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.

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world, because it helps them to understand things better.

Reading is important.

There's definitely a value in being literate.

Reading makes you smarter. It really does.

I do think observing is important in learning.

The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?

A school that believes in the power of knowledge and learning will have reading at its core.

I like to read and understand.

Literacy in itself is no education.

Education is fundamental to any success. That's your baseboard.

Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.

One must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.

Reading is more important than writing.

no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it.

Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.