Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read? — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960] — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“What is the value of libraries? Through lifelong learning, libraries can and do change lives, a point that cannot be overstated.” — Michael Gorman Copy Share Image
Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars — Holless Wilbur Allen Copy Share Image
To have your whole music library with you at all times is a quantum leap in listening to music. How do we… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up.” — Dorothy Gambrell Copy Share Image
A mind too proud to unbend over the small ridiculosa of life is as painful as a library with no trash in… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
“A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams and grows readers, learners, and do-ers.” — Laura Purdie Salas Copy Share Image
I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“All libraries must submit to a certain order, I answered. Indeed, agreed the professor, or all will be lost. The fall of… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams,… — Stacy Schiff 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
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
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
“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 . . . hurried to the city library to find out the true age of Chicago. City library! After all, it… — Yone Noguchi 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
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
“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
Libraries Are Neccessary Gardens, Unsurpassed At Growing Excitement — J. Patrick Lewis Copy Share Image