Quotes about Libraries

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To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books. — Carlos María Domínguez, The House of Paper
Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and a — Sidney Sheldon
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them. — Stephen Fry
YOU ARE JUSTYou are not just for the right or left,but for what is right over the wrong.You are not just rich or poor,bu — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through — Mark Twain
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and — Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge. — Patrick Ness
Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, you don’t need to be hanging — Roman Payne, Cities & Countries
Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are th — James A. Michener
What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists.", American — Archibald MacLeish
The acquisition of a book signalled not just the potential acquisition of knowledge but also something like the property — James Wood
You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I wanted to pursue things, to know things, but I could not match the means of knowing that came naturally to me with the — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. — Walter Cronkite
I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I — Ray Bradbury
What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education. — Harold Howe
I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. — Alan Moore
I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. — Alan M. Dershowitz
Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a c — Laura Bush