#literate

My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#exceptional #had #herself #literate #mother

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

— J. D. Salinger

#illiterate #lot #quite #read

But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was there and where they were. ↗

— Peter Scott

#american way #area #complete #doing #exactly

I've heard that, but since I'm computer illiterate I don't know how it all works. But since I'm on Prodigy tonight, I'm learning a lot through my typist, Peter. ↗

— Bobby Sherman

#heard #how #i #illiterate #know

The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate. ↗

— John Sladek

#alive #any #being #century #except

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#children #country #development #economic #economic development

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. ↗

— Spiro T. Agnew

#contemporary #gap #generation #generation gap #ignored

If I were illiterate, my signature would be audible. It’d be two grunts and a sigh. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#illiterate #signature #humor

Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet. ↗

— Abdelaziz Bouteflika

#defeat #force #history #ideologies #longer

The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#decisions #democracy #economy #intelligence #literate