Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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- If you continue to treat yourself like a 3rd class citizen, you’ll stay a 3rd class citizen.You’re better than that. – Richie Norton
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- A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society. – Edward Abbey
- Creativity is as important as literacy – Ken Robinson
- Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status. – Ken Robinson
- I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. – Reuben Blades
- What is important may or may not be important but what is thought to be important is indeed important. – Hemanta Bhatt
- I love science fiction, always have, always will. But it’s the kind of science fiction that I love which I think is an important distinction. – Matthew S Williams
- Just as war is too important to leave it to the generals, science and technology are too important to leave in the hands of the experts. – Sheldon Rampton
- Who made you Queen of Literacy? Go sit in your car! – Jackson Pearce
- Art is literacy of the heart. – Elliot Eisner
- Literacy is a fundamental life skill, one that serves as a portal to knowledge and a lifetime of opportunity. – Story Shares
- Most of the world’s problems will be solved if literacy prevailed. – Mahrukh
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- No skill is more crucial to the future of a child than literacy. – Los Angeles Times
- The point is that racism is the product of tribalism and ignorance and both are falling victim to communications and world-around literacy – R Buckminster Fuller
- We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day. – Bryant McGill
- Literacy makes man a victim of advertising. Education makes him a victim of employment. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Literacy is a right, not a privilege. – Story Shares
- Understanding is important for studying,knowledge is important for teaching,and wisdom is important for living. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- I am a citizen-at-large, of everywhere and nowhere, so sometimes I get pretty homesick. – Rich Benjamin