Librarians Quotes · Page 3

'Librarians' is surprisingly touching in a lot of ways where it's not expected.

— Dean Devlin

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

— Ann Richards

I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.

— Nancy Pearl

“Pulverized by literature,' thought Miss Laburnum. 'The ideal way for a librarian to die.”

— Margaret Mahy

I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.

— Neil Gaiman

“This is why I like real librarians. They're search engines with a heart" -Miguel”

— Chris Grabenstein

“If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.”

— Warren Buffett

“If there is a bibliographic equivalent of alcoholism, many librarians have it.”

— G. Edward Evans

“And Sarah still looked like the sexiest librarian on earth, which is as those of you who frequent libraries know means very…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if you don’t even know…

— Patrick Ness

Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition...

— Alan Moore

“As a librarian for 18 years at the Merck branch of the Trenton Public Library, I was sorely tested by the slow-witted…

— joyce carol oates

“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim." -- Linton Weeks, Washington…

— Linton Weeks

I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that…

— Christopher Morley

That's what librarians do. They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if…

— Patrick Ness

The librarians that I've spoken to, the teachers and the librarians who really care and do advise parents and children of what's…

— Julie Andrews

“Diane sometimes hears that Troy is an actuary. Sometimes she hears Troy is a florist. Sometimes she hears Troy is a cop,…

— Joseph Fink

For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information…

— Clifford Stoll

“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a…

— Max Barry

“No duelling. No summoning of imps or other manifestations of elements potentially damaging to the records, including but not limited to: elementals,…

— Justina Robson

“Many of my friends think I read books all day and alphabetize the shelves. Well, sometimes I do alphabetize shelves. But more…

— Jack Canfield Carrie O'Maley

“It took a bit of popcorn and a library snack bar to make me realize that being a librarian was about more…

— Scott Douglas

“Someone has said of books that they are our 'amplest heritages' of thought, and so they are. That doesn't necessarily mean that…

— Mary Virginia Provines

Children know that if they have a question about the world, the library is the place to find the answer. And someone…

— Laura Bush

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

— Leona Rostenberg

“Like a good American, I wanted to sue somebody. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited.”

— Rebecca Makkai

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

— Karin Slaughter

Librarians are notorious snitches—don’t let anybody convince you otherwise.

— Tom Upton

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets

— Heraclitus

“CHAPTER 10: For questions about librarians featured in erotic literature, you will find absolutely nothing in the public library.”

— Josephine Carr

“I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. "Extreme librarian. Bookaneer.”

— China Miéville

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

— Richard Scarry

I'm starting to understand why librarians end up single and living alone with a cat. Cause people suck a big one.

— Anonymous

“I’m a librarian, not a leader.” “You’re both! Librarians and archeologists have always been the ones to bring civilization back.”

— Vernor Vinge

If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich.

— Warren Buffett

“Librarians. . . have been my lifelong friends, guides and heroes.”

— Joseph Bruchac

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

— Barbara Mertz

“Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.”

— Rett MacPherson

Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children.

— Spider Robinson

Librarians! Librarians always know how to find out things. That was their job even before the Internet.

— Susan Beth Pfeffer