Librarians Quotes · Page 4

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

— Barbara Mertz

“Librarians know books, we live books, we breathe books, we are books.”

— Jenny Levine

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

— Joseph Bruchac

“Libraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it.”

— Robert Arger

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

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“the proper mission of librarians: “to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities.”

— The Atlas of New Librarianship

“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

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than…

— Terry Pratchett

“Isn't it what all librarians strive toward, at least in the movies and cliches? Silence, invisibility, nothing but a rambling cloud of…

— Rebecca Makkai

“Facts and information are the nourishment, the lifeblood, the raison d'etre, and also the bane and despair of librarians and researchers.”

— Kee Malesky

Librarians are more important than ever before ... are uniquely qualified to help all of us separate the digital wheat from the…

— Daniel Levitin

Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the…

— Michael Moore

“When I tell people I went to library school, the most common reaction is either “You’re joking, right?” or “They have schools…

— Scott Douglas

Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders…

— Louise Penny

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

“I was just turned last week. I'm a librarian." He stilled, as if I'd just told him I was the inventor of…

— Molly Harper

I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my…

— John Jakes

Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive…

— Anonymous

“The truth is out there, but the truth also seems to be very subjective. With access to so many types of information,…

— Gina Sheridan

“I'm a librarian in town,' she began. 'You sure about that?' The words popped out before he could stop them. Annabelle raised…

— Susan Mallery

Those who declared librarians obsolete when the Internet rage first appeared are now red-faced. We need them more than ever. The Internet…

— Patricia Schroeder

“You don't sound like a librarian," she said. "I'm on vacation," Jacqueline laughed. "Well, I supposed there is an image, isn't there?…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Burnout for librarians seems to me both foolish and unnecessary. . . . Work hard, work well, work effectively. Work until quitting…

— Herbert S. White

I love librarians. They always make me feel like the world’s gonna be AOK.

— danah boyd

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

— Richard Scarry

“I slammed the book shut and and crowed, 'And that is why you don't kick the librarian off the investigation!”

— Jim C. Hines

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

— Warren Buffett

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

— Anonymous

If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires.

— Warren Buffett

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers.

— Ray Bradbury

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

— Karin Slaughter

[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.

— Maya Angelou

“Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased.”

— Vernor Vinge

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

— China Miéville

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

— Heraclitus

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

— Tom Upton

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

— Warren Buffett

“We don’t have to destroy the library of the past. We just need to give it a face-lift.”

— Scott Douglas

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

— Chris Grabenstein