“When he introduced himself as Dewey, I said, “It’s an honor to meet you Mr. Decimalsystem.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey.” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that. — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“In my card catalogue, the Dewey Decimal System had placed him firmly under Ancient History.” — S.E. Harmon Copy Share Image
Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“Ah, the Dewey decimal system…humankind’s single greatest achievement.” From Candace Fleming’s The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School” — Candace Fleming Copy Share Image
“Like Dewey, I was lucky. I got to leave on my own terms. Find your place. Be happy with what you have.… — Vicki Myron Copy Share Image
(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“Dr. Beall gave him the first shot, followed closely by the second. He said, "I'll check for a heartbeat." I said, "You… — Vicki Myron Copy Share Image
Librarying is a harder profession than the public realizes, he said. People think it's all rubber stamps, knowing that Dewey 521 is… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Dewey was obsessed with efficiency. He even changed his name from “Melville” to “Melvil” as a time-saving gesture and briefly even changed… — Alex Wright Copy Share Image
Part of my job is to help other kids find books, because not everyone has a keenly organized mind. Some kids could… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“Dewey Hall was the only building on campus not made of brick, and the tornado came for it in absolute maturity, no… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“In the main, the trouble with American education is that we have put into practice the educational philosophy expounded by John Dewey… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Until one morning, one of the coldest mornings of the year, when I came in with the book cart and found Jean… — Vicki Myron Copy Share Image
“For Dewey, the Great Community was the basic fact of history. The individual and the soul were invalid concepts, man was truly… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“It is 100 years since John Dewey began arguing for the kind of change that would move schools away from authoritarian classrooms… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
“For some years now there has been considerable conflict in educational circles about what and how children should be taught. The old… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
