I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Variant: The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you’ll go.
Source: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
“The more you read, the more things you will know.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Daily Telegram #1597, Will Rogers Finds Larnin' Spoils One For Real Work (4 September 1931)
Daily telegrams
“The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.”
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
Grace Hopper (1906–1992) American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
Grace Hopper on Late Night with David Letterman (2 October 1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ <br class="br">Context: There's something you learn in your first boot-camp, or training camp: If they put you down somewhere with nothing to do, go to sleep — you don't know when you'll get any more.
Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950–2005) American Hindu writer
Source: Books, Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (Hari-Nama Press, 1996), Chapter 1: Dreams: A State of Reality, p. 26
“The more books you read, the more stupid you become.”
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Speech (26 June 1965), quoted in Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story (2005), p. 507
1960s
