Reading Elementary Quotes

#1. The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading

Mortimer J. Adler

#2. Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

Nelson Mandela

#3. This is why I am so reticent about our relationship
because on some basic, fundamental level, I recognize within me a deep-seated compulsion to be loved and cherished.

E.L. James

#4. I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

Joe Cocker

#5. A certain elementary training in statistical method is becoming as necessary for everyone living in this world of today as reading and writing.

H.G.Wells

#6. I wonder which one of us God finds more uninteresting.

John Gardner

#7. And I understood why he didn't need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, because he had his music, and that was so much better than anything we had to offer.

Matthew Quick

#8. Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

Michael Kimmelman

#9. Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

David Beckham

#10. It is s shame that more people do not appreciate the value of "a good read". I was fortunate enough to have had elementary school teachers who would read to us while we were to put our heads down on the desk and visualize the story and characters. It set me up for a lifetime of enjoying reading....

Linda Roberts

#11. The first stage of elementary reading - reading readiness - corresponds to pre-school and kindergarten experiences.

Mortimer J. Adler

#12. As long as death exists, man will continue to exist only as a shadow, not a real thing!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#13. In my mind, Martha, you are buried in cement right up to your neck. No ... right up to your nose ... that's much quieter.

Edward Albee

#14. To this day, most institutions of higher learning either do not know how to instruct students in reading beyond the elementary level, or lack the facilities and personnel to do so.

Mortimer J. Adler

#15. Every time I make, I've made a piece of work, I've wanted to get rid of it, obliterate it and do the next thing, because it was never quite what I wanted. I think the moment you think you've arrived is the moment that you should stop.

Simon McBurney

#16. I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.

Patricia Polacco

#17. No religious reading, instruction or exercise, shall be prescribed or practiced [in the elementary schools] inconsistent with the tenets of any religious sect or denomination.

Thomas Jefferson

#18. I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.

Mal Peet

#19. I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that I was actually forbidden from reading books during school hours by my teachers.

Cassandra Clare