There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“That the public library is a part of the educational system should never be lost sight of in the work of establishing… — John Cotton Dana 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
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think the New York Public Library is so, so amazing. It's literally the coolest place - It's good shelter from the… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I came to poetry at fourteen, in the middle of a booming oil-rush town in southern Arabia without a single public library:… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Still. Four words. And I didn’t realize it until a couple of days ago, when someone wrote in to my blog: Dear… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I hate computers. My hatred is entrenched, and I nourish it daily. I’m comfortable with it, and no community outreach program will… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“For myself I can say that, having had every good thing that money can buy, an experience like another, I could part… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was parked. It… — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
“Speaking of libraries: A big open-stack academic or public library is no small pleasure to work in. You're, say, trying to do… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I loved doing problems in school. I'd take them home and make up new ones of my own. But the best problem… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
“A THOUSAND WORDS My stepfather Ralph Newman was a merry and remarkable man, a former minor league second baseman who broke his… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
“When I stepped into the brown-tiled entryway of the Kentwood Public Library, the sunlight flowing down on me from the high windows,… — Bich Minh Nguyen Copy Share Image
Few things would gratify me as much as a rediscovered respect for things belonging to others. Not abusing the property of others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When nightfall weaves its way through the New York Public Library, it is nothing shy of magic. Long stretched of sunlight on… — Kristin O'Donnell Tubb Copy Share Image
“I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Did the men steal the papers?" Reynie asked, fearing her response. No, because they are fools," Sophie said bitterly. "They demanded to… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
“We take off for New Jersey. Gigantic landscape of factories, bridges, and railroads. And then, suddenly, East Orange and a countryside as… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“This place might have been paradise, a treasure trove far greater than any to be found in a pirate yarn. Everywhere he… — Lavie Tidhar 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
“Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress. It is both the key and the quest that advances mankind. The search… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
“During this time (at high school) I discovered the Public Library... It was here that I found a source of knowledge and… — Sydney Brenner Copy Share Image
“I think a free library is an outrageous perk. I think being able to take out 50 books at a time is… — Don Borchert Copy Share Image
At the 1894 ALA conference it was fairly well agreed that the primary goal of the public library must be to teach… — Kevin Mattson Copy Share Image
All we are asking for is balance. I would like to think that I could walk into a public library and find… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
“The room was a library. Not a public library, but a private library; that is, a collection of books belonging to Justice… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
There was a library near us in San Francisco. It was the West Portal Public Library. I would ask my father to… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
