Quotes about Libraries

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I grew up in libraries, and I hope I've learned never to take them for granted. A thriving library is the heart of its c — Josie Brown
Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daugh — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
There was the smell of old books, a smell that has a way of making all libraries seem the same. Some say that smell is a — Scott Douglas, Quiet, Please: Dispatches From A Public Librarian
Ah college years, those were the days. Pure freedom ... leaving home for the first time…the parties…”"What about the tut — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A l — E.B. White
Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleepi — Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians. — Neil Gaiman
I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I a — Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. D — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They have skills! — Charles Ogden
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. — Ray Bradbury
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more w — John F. Kennedy
[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the c — John F. Kennedy
Libraries raised me. — Ray Bradbury
You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book. — Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the des — Andrew Carnegie
If your library is not "unsafe," it probably isn't doing its job. — John Berry
The old man was peering intently at the shelves. 'I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar.'Isn't he just a — David Eddings, King of the Murgos