LeVar Burton > Quotes

“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
― LeVar Burton

“I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being”
― LeVar Burton

“Human beings are the laziest creatures in the history of creation. We would rather not do anything if we could avoid it.”
― LeVar Burton

“Read the books they don’t want you to. That’s where the good stuff is.”
― LeVar Burton

“It takes just as much energy to be an asshole as it does to be kind.”
― LeVar Burton

“I understand the fear that by losing contact with books on the printed page, we're somehow surrendering some aspect of our humanity, but that's just not the case…Stories were alive long before pages. Stories were theater. Stories were hieroglyphics…The medium is not the message. The medium is the delivery system. The story is the message.”
― LeVar Burton and Mark Wolfe

“I felt like it was important to use my life to help others. I think we all feel that, to some degree. In fact, I know we do. I believe we all have a contribution to make, we have all come here with a specific intention to contribute something unique to who we are. And our job is to identify as best as we are able what that thing is that we are meant to do. What is our gift, what is our contribution.

And when we do that, the world changes. There's a shift that happens that would not be there if it weren't for you, doing what you are meant to do.”
― LeVar Burton

“In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.”
― LeVar Burton

“We spend an inordinate amount of money of the federal budget on the machinery of war, and neglect our kids in the process, and it's not OK”
― LeVar Burton

“So read the books they're banning, that's where the good stuff is! If they don't want you to read it, there's a reason why.”
― LeVar Burton