Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best education. Reading, and taking from the people I admired.
I think education is one of the greatest tools for most kids not only to expand their book knowledge, but their ability to experience new things - I think it opens more doors than any other experience I can think of.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity of reading over quality of reading. We have no choice, if we want to keep up with the broader culture.
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
I think that books are fundamentally educational.
Education is paramount in light of so many things that are out there.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.