“Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
We have entered the era of the "imperial" former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for… — Lawton Chiles Copy Share Image
“I liked his bookstore manner. He was curious but not entirely focused, interested yet nonchalant, veering between a Look what I've found… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
In the ruling, Justice Roberts, who wrote the decision, referred to cell phones as not just phones but, quote, "cameras, video players,… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
I'm in the film industry, and I very seldom go to the theater now. It could be work, not being in New… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Well I just so happened to bump into a chess book in the library at school and I didn't know that there… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
Despite Langdon’s six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
When Rose takes to screaming, she starts loud, continues loud, and ends loud. Rose has a very good ear and always screams… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable… — André Brink Copy Share Image
I grew up in a utopia, I did. California when I was a child was a child's paradise, I was healthy, well… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
I was always looking ahead. I used to do all kinds of things for entertainment. When I was young, we had no… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
“Having this information readily available is necessary for you to begin the process of accessing your library’s databases, either from on- or… — José L. Galvan Copy Share Image
“And the non-reading of books, you will object, should be characteristic of all collectors? This is news to me, you may say.… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I studied art at Queens College, taking very few courses in literature. But I've always loved reading poetry and grew up enjoying… — Douglas Florian Copy Share Image
I go to a library. There are lakhs of books; all of them are very valuable and highly informative. Now what should… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
“I . . . hurried to the city library to find out the true age of Chicago. City library! After all, it… — Yone Noguchi Copy Share Image
The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Photography for me has been tremendously good, because I'm not a very sociable person. I'm happy reading or sitting in the library… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“With its reverent silence the Library was as close to a religious experience as anything he had ever encountered. Its domed reading… — J.E Allen Copy Share Image
I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my… — Lee Kelly Copy Share Image
“He went through rooms he named as he discovered them, and which he hardly had time to appreciate before he'd flung open… — Chris Adrian Copy Share Image
“The writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Two by two, I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle.… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When it comes to the Federal Reserve, there's an awful lot of books out there; in my library, I bet I've got… — Bernard von NotHaus Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell the story of these women and the war in the Congo and I couldn't find anything about them… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
“Yes, a great library — a library as magnificent as this one — was a dangerous arsenal, one that kings and emperors… — Ross King Copy Share Image
Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
