--- title: "23 Library Congress Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 23 Library Congress quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Library Congress sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/noam-chomsky-42_congress_you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress_2830169.jpg" --- > [You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress-and-find-information-on-just/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/noam-chomsky-42_congress_you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress_2830169.jpg) > [I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/i-wanted-to-see-my-name-on-the-cover-of-a-book-if-your-name-is-in-the/) [Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/tom-clancy-1751_book_i-wanted-to-see-my-name-on-the-cover-of_1182955.jpg) > [There are so many items that are not in the copyright domain. And people might not realize the Library of Congress manages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-hayden/there-are-so-many-items-that-are-not-in-the-copyright-domain-and/) [Carla Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-hayden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/carla-hayden-52338_congress_there-are-so-many-items-that-are-not-in_2954802.jpg) > [ \[The Library of Congress\] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/the-library-of-congress-is-a-multimedia-encyclopedia-these-are-the/) [Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/daniel-j-boorstin-3089_congress_the-library-of-congress-is-a-multimedia_186561.png) > [There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/there-are-distinct-duties-of-a-poet-laureate-i-plan-a-reading-series/) [Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/rita-dove-4855_advise_there-are-distinct-duties-of-a-poet-laur_281183.jpg) > [I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-glazer/i-obtained-a-job-at-the-library-of-congress-i-loved-books-so-i-felt/) [Tom Glazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-glazer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/tom-glazer-22578_book_i-obtained-a-job-at-the-library-of-congr_955006.png) > [Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/some-people-say-i-have-issues-i-say-those-people-need-to-expand-their/) [Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/mira-grant-1141_congress_some-people-say-i-have-issues-i-say-thos_2335746.png) > [On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/on-a-very-personal-level-i-have-fond-memories-of-spending-a-lot-of/) [Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/natasha-trethewey-7684_archives_on-a-very-personal-level-i-have-fond-mem_3193230.png) > [Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-silver/every-day-three-times-per-second-we-produce-the-equivalent-of-the/) [Nate Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-silver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/nate-silver-3166_amount_every-day-three-times-per-second-we-prod_529704.jpg) > [“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/i-have-an-unshaken-conviction-that-democracy-can-never-be-undermined/) [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-delano-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/franklin-delano-roosevelt-5470_democracy_i-have-an-unshaken-conviction-that-democ_2407224.jpg) > [To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hoda-kotb/to-this-day-my-mom-s-unsinkable-spirit-is-an-inspiration-to-me-for/) [Hoda Kotb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hoda-kotb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/hoda-kotb-13781_along_to-this-day-my-mom-s-unsinkable-spirit-i_1682918.png) > [“I spoke one time at the Library of Congress, in 1972, or so. A man stood up in the middle of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut-jr/i-spoke-one-time-at-the-library-of-congress-in-1972-or-so-a-man-stood/) [Kurt Vonnegut Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/kurt-vonnegut-jr-2355_cynicism_i-spoke-one-time-at-the-library-of-congr_1944572.jpg) > [ \[The Library of Congress\] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. \[Referring to the diverse holdings of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/the-library-of-congress-is-a-multimedia-encyclopedia-these-are-the-2/) [Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/daniel-j-boorstin-3089_book_the-library-of-congress-is-a-multimedia_2374988.png) > [I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries... What started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/i-could-not-do-what-i-do-without-the-kindness-consideration/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/david-mccullough-1091_congress_i-could-not-do-what-i-do-without-the-kin_513666.png) > [I learned by transcribing songs out of the Library of Congress collection in Washington where I was working. I got a job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/i-learned-by-transcribing-songs-out-of-the-library-of-congress/) [Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/pete-seeger-1942_collections_i-learned-by-transcribing-songs-out-of-t_2288735.png) > [“Currently, the Library of Congress houses eighteen million books. American publishers add another two hundred thousand titles to this stack each year.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/currently-the-library-of-congress-houses-eighteen-million-books/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/tony-reinke-21188_ambition_currently-the-library-of-congress-houses_1927236.jpg) > [I've been in towns where there is no library, or where the library for the high school and the library for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-loewen/i-ve-been-in-towns-where-there-is-no-library-or-where-the-library-for/) [James W. Loewen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-loewen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/james-w-loewen-12569_all-kinds_i-ve-been-in-towns-where-there-is-no-lib_1884450.png) > [All over the world, there are libraries of a sort. They are among the most beautiful places on the earth, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-adams/all-over-the-world-there-are-libraries-of-a-sort-they-are-among-the/) [Brock Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/brock-adams-110322_ancient_all-over-the-world-there-are-libraries-o_369947.jpg) > [One time, the Library of Congress was giving books to local libraries around the country on Islam. The library of a guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-ellison/one-time-the-library-of-congress-was-giving-books-to-local-libraries/) [Keith Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/keith-ellison-4072_book_one-time-the-library-of-congress-was-giv_1621016.jpg) > [“In the wake of the British army’s burning of the roughly 3,000 books belonging to Congress at Washington, Jefferson offered to sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/in-the-wake-of-the-british-army-s-burning-of-the-roughly-3-000-books/) [Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/jon-meacham-2863_books_in-the-wake-of-the-british-army-s-burnin_1935702.png) > [“The house I grew up in is one of a kind. It’s a bibliophile’s fantasy, and if the Library of Congress had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/the-house-i-grew-up-in-is-one-of-a-kind-it-s-a-bibliophile-s-fantasy/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/jarod-kintz-2_bibliophile_the-house-i-grew-up-in-is-one-of-a-kind_755877.jpg) > [“universities and the Library of Congress, with support provided by grants from the federal government (Tedd 1994). Until roughly 1978, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-von-hippel/universities-and-the-library-of-congress-with-support-provided-by/) [Eric von Hippel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-von-hippel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/eric-von-hippel-11175_federal-government_universities-and-the-library-of-congress_391783.jpg) > [I had a moment in the Library of Congress among the presidential papers. I opened a folder, and there was an envelope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/i-had-a-moment-in-the-library-of-congress-among-the-presidential/) [Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/candice-millard-18386_among_i-had-a-moment-in-the-library-of-congres_2421977.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/library-congress/#itemlist", "name": "Library Congress Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress-and-find-information-on-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/noam-chomsky-42_congress_you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress_2830169.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/noam-chomsky-42_congress_you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress_2830169.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/noam-chomsky-42_congress_you-can-go-into-the-library-of-congress_2830169.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. 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