Jonathan Kozol Quotes

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school.

Jonathan Kozol

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 5, 1936

Topics

ChildrenJobSchoolWritingReading

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.

Jessica Cutler

YouLookWantWayCertain

There are many different kinds of PCs. You have fixed, virtual, tablets, notebooks, ultrabooks, desktops, workstations. What you find in commercial PCs, business PCs, is that there's a really long tail of usage on client devices.

Michael Dell

BusinessLongYouFindClientKinds

Luck is in every part of China. Many Chinese stores and restaurants have the word 'luck' in their names. The idea is that, just by using the word 'luck' in names of things, you can attract more of it. I think that's true in my life as well. You attract luck because you go after it.

Amy Tan

LifeLuckThinkMy LifeYouTrue

Learn to obey before you command.

Solon

LearnYouObeyCommandBefore

I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.

Steve Mnuchin

FocusedEconomyWestWest CoastBeen

If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up.

Sidney Buchman

ImprovementGovernmentPeopleGrow

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Ronald Reagan

CommunityGreatPeaceWorldCountry

I feel incredibly fortunate I walked away, took care of other business, and then came back to show business.

Jason Bateman

BusinessCareFeelBackFortunate

If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.

Donnie Wahlberg

Ups And DownsYouCareerSameYears

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

Cliff Richard

WorldFeelYouPeacefulNeedSit

It was memorable the first time 'The New Yorker' bought a cartoon from me. I had been sending them batches for years every week, and they didn't respond to them.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

TimeMeWeekNewMemorableFirst

The more people see, the more they want to see.

Winnie Harlow

PeopleWantMoreSeeMore People

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