Of all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of books per capita. This is an incalculable loss. This, too, is one of the few civilized nations in the world which is unable to support a single magazine devoted solely to books.
Eleanor RooseveltWhat I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.
Eleanor RooseveltIf we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.
Eleanor RooseveltYou [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
Eleanor RooseveltI could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt