(15 quotes found)
“The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective because it is not official, heavy-handed or conspiratorial, but woven artlessly into the fabric of education and media. No conspiracy is needed.”
William Blum
“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”
J. D. Salinger
“I read that script. It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen -- by any illiterate retard -- in a long time. There's no limit to how low some people will go to write something to make money.”
Lou Reed
“Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed.”
William Orville Douglas
“No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.”
Walter Lippmann
“An illiterate king is a crowned ass”
English Proverb
“You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell,”
Fantasia Barrino
“A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.”
Benjamin Franklin
“No, I consider myself computer illiterate.”
Casper Van Dien
“You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell. So that, for me, kept me...in a box and I didn't, wouldn't come out.”
