I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Humans have externalized their wisdom-stored it in museums, libraries, the expertise of the learned. Dog wisdom is inside the blood and bones. — Donald McCaig Copy Share Image
I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Libraries are a kind of communism which the least revolutionary among us may be proud to advocate.” — Joseph Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's more important than all the commentaries in your library: prayer. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books. — Mark Pryor Copy Share Image
Eight was about the age I was when I realized that people actually produced books, they didn't just spring out of the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the love… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's funny, we started writing chick-lit when it was just becoming a crowded marketplace, and now the same thing is happening with… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
This is a great idea,” said Trey. “You kids should totaly go see that play. Make a whole day of it. Grab… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our… — Chrystos Copy Share Image
If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
There were two kinds of students who liked the library: those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the… — Rachel Simon Copy Share Image
“I’m completely library educated. I’ve never been to college. I went down to the library when I was in grade school in… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Think of a public library, worth more for those who cannot afford numerous books. Think of a public waterway or fishing ground.… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
How can we accept a situation in which there are no longer orchestras, choruses, libraries or art classes to nourish our children?… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
“You don’t write a book when God called you to publish a library! You don’t plant a tree when God send you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
For the slow labor of realizing a potential gift the artist must retreat to those Bohemias, halfway between the slums and the… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
Success is in the student, not in the university; greatness is in the individual, not in the library; power is in the… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image