Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
In 2009, the American Library Association recorded 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in the history.” — Carl T. Rowan Copy Share Image
I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink. — Pete McCarthy Copy Share Image
“The library was magical because every time I walked through the door, there were literally thousands of voices ready and willing to… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“I like libraries, if for no other reason than they give homeless people a place to hang out. There's something nice about… — Julia Walton Copy Share Image
There are so many items that are not in the copyright domain. And people might not realize the Library of Congress manages… — Carla Hayden Copy Share Image
I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton… — Tessa Thompson Copy Share Image
In reality, handing over public space to private developers does not guarantee that new library spaces will be comparable in size or… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
I grew up in the seaside town of Porthcawl in South Wales, the third eldest of four children. We weren't overly bookworm-ish… — Ruth Jones Copy Share Image
But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries.… — Sergey Brin Copy Share Image
I got into history when I was 11 years old, and it all started with the Titanic. I'd read books in the… — Katherine Langford Copy Share Image
But nothing on this earth is guaranteed, when you get right down to it, you know ? I've been thinking about that.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
“Excuse me? she sent. What’s this all about? She looked around suspiciously, but the library was full of Auradon students diligently working… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Most people either love or hate old libraries. To some, a room like this--dim, high-ceilinged, dusty, smelling of old paper and crumbling… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We also wish to make it absolutely clear that Librarians should not attempt to use the Library to transport dinosaur eggs. And… — Genevieve Cogman Copy Share Image
Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you. Mysteries never open up for those who go on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... I had a dream where I was taken to Heaven and brought into a beautiful library. There I was given two… — Bob Hartley Copy Share Image
The point of a library's existence is not persuasion or evangelism, but knowledge. It is irrelevant to the good library whether, as… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
Here's my library, where I don't do a lot of reading but mostly play Angry Birds on the computer. — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Libraries are about books. Books have no color. And they don't care who reads them.” — Augusta Scattergood Copy Share Image
I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You can't flood the market with every TV show, every reality show, and dump your library into the market all at one… — Bill Mechanic Copy Share Image
It should be possible, in a 'debreviation' mode, to type 'clr' on the keyboard and have 'The Council on Library Resources, Inc.'… — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached… — Annabelle Selldorf Copy Share Image
At one point I took a copy of Berkeley's Principles from my father's library. That was the first philosophy book I read.… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You used to have to own a radio tower or television tower or printing press. Now all you have to have is… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Theory is a dirty word in some managerial quarters. That is rather curious, because all of us, managers especially, can no more… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited… — Amy Neftzger Copy Share Image
