The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
“Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably underestimated and largely underemployed.” — Charles Medawar Copy Share Image
I don't want to end up a bureaucrat in the time-management business for God or a librarian cataloguing timeless truths. Salvation is… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“And to love such a librarian requires a surrendering to her eccentricities, a bowing to her pathological quietness, an obeisance to a… — Jesse Giles Christiansen Copy Share Image
Here, then, is the point at which I see the new mission of the librarian rise up incomparably higher than all those… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“The librarian was called Miss Sunshine by all the kids. It wasn’t her real name, but she was so friendly and happy… — Ellen J. Lewinberg Copy Share Image
At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
“A few minutes later, a very slim, very directed black-haired woman with olive skin and a classic profile swept into the room.… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars,… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“She, of all people, knew the sacred trust that word -- "librarian" -- implied. Because a librarian was supposed to to be… — Beth Fantaskey Copy Share Image
I know of a wild region whose librarians repudiate the vain superstitious custom of seeking any sense in books and compare it… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The librarian, whom I had never seen before, presided over the library like a watchdog, one of those poor dogs who are… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
“...I am still librarian in your house, for I never was dismissed, and never gave up the office. Now I am librarian… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Libraries are like houses of worship: Whether or not you use them yourself, it's important to know that they are there. In… — Jane Stanton Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Despite popular theories, I believe people fall in love based not on good looks or fate but on knowledge. Either they are… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
“As soon as I got into the library I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I got a whiff of… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
“MAN No doubt about that—I can’t even call ’em “girls” without getting hit by a lawsuit, so … (Grins.) You’re a librarian?… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense?… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Because of our library system anyone in America can educate themselves in any field they desire. If they are confused, librarians (that… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
