“Reading has given me more satisfaction than really anything else.”

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.

Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette.

I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I’m wondering, it is increasingly difficult to find those elements in nature, because it’s nature I believe in rather than some spiritual thing.

When in doubt, wear red.

Fashion can be bought by anybody; style takes discernment, it has to do with individuality.

To get the medium’s magic to work for one’s aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.

Computer literacy is a contact with the activity of computing deep enough to make the computational equivalent of reading and writing fluent and enjoyable.

The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.

Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate.

The problem with modern consumption and mass-produced products is they’re designed to just literally be shoved into our mouths and rushed.

Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.

The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.