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> [“Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was parked. It was almost comical to look at the man, because he actually thought I was going to tell him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/plenty-of-patrons-had-asked-me-strange-things-but-this-was-the-first/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

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## More by Scott Douglas

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/there-s-something-deep-in-the-heart-of-every-person-that-wants-to/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/running-is-my-therapy-relieve-stress-and-anxiety-fight-depression-and/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“It's a cruel world, and unless you're blessed with some talent people will pay money to see, your friends are the only people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/it-s-a-cruel-world-and-unless-you-re-blessed-with-some-talent-people/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“The loudest elderly women always had the quietest elderly husbands.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/the-loudest-elderly-women-always-had-the-quietest-elderly-husbands/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“To be great at something, you must look to the great ones of the past and improve on the ideas and techniques that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/to-be-great-at-something-you-must-look-to-the-great-ones-of-the-past/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“A library was nothing without its people. You say library and there’s this iconoclastic image of an old-lady librarian telling people to be quiet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/a-library-was-nothing-without-its-people-you-say-library-and-there-s/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“The library—the place in my life that was full of books—beagan to teach me that books weren't everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/the-library-the-place-in-my-life-that-was-full-of-books-beagan-to/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“It took a bit of popcorn and a library snack bar to make me realize that being a librarian was about more than just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/it-took-a-bit-of-popcorn-and-a-library-snack-bar-to-make-me-realize/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“...killing rats wasn’t in my job description.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/killing-rats-wasn-t-in-my-job-description/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was parked. It was almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/plenty-of-patrons-had-asked-me-strange-things-but-this-was-the-first/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“It makes logical sense that 168 is a greater number than 17, so why would you shelve 168 first? Because a librarian is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/it-makes-logical-sense-that-168-is-a-greater-number-than-17-so-why/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“I like to imagine that library school was started because of some sort of silly bar bet where a guy got really plastered and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/i-like-to-imagine-that-library-school-was-started-because-of-some/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“I am convinced that grandkids are inherently evil people who tell their grandparents to "just go to the library and open up an e-mail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/i-am-convinced-that-grandkids-are-inherently-evil-people-who-tell/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“There was the smell of old books, a smell that has a way of making all libraries seem the same. Some say that smell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/there-was-the-smell-of-old-books-a-smell-that-has-a-way-of-making-all/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

> [“We don’t have to destroy the library of the past. We just need to give it a face-lift.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-douglas/we-don-t-have-to-destroy-the-library-of-the-past-we-just-need-to-give/)

[Scott Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-douglas/)

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