In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians…

“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.”

— Linton Weeks

You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.

— Bill Clinton

“To librarians, booksellers, and collectors there is nothing limited in the subject of books about books.”

— Leona Rostenberg

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a…

— Karen Joy Fowler

“I regretted my human form briefly; it would be so much easier to drag and rope information into the brain as neatly as one…

— Marilyn Johnson

'The Librarians' is a show that really needs to have ten days, but we shoot it in seven, so the workload is really tremendous,…

— Noah Wyle

“There’s something deep in the heart of every person that wants to protect culture. The only thing about my pending career that was changed…

— Scott Douglas

“As a general rule, librarians are a kick in the pants socially, often full of good humor, progressive, and, naturally, well read”

— Bill Hall

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people…

— William Osler

“We also wish to make it absolutely clear that Librarians should not attempt to use the Library to transport dinosaur eggs. And if they…

— Genevieve Cogman

“Is magic common in librarians?" "Oh, yes. Anyone who touches a book has more than a little magic brush off on them. And if…

— Devon Monk

Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.

— Karin Slaughter

“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers”

— Karin Slaughter

“The librarian, a tiny blonde twenty-something in a Riot grrrl T-shirt, looked up from her desk and smiled. Don’t let anyone tell you that…

— Helen Callaghan

Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians.

— Richard Scarry