Libraries are starting places for the adventure of learning that can go on whatever one's vocation and location in life. Reading is… — James H. Billington Copy Share Image
“Over a hundred German scientists arrived here [Huntsville] at eleven o’clock on an April morning and by nightfall more than sixty had… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“That would make it the fifth time since I'd started working at the university that I'd thrown someone out of one of… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
My dad was a very unconventional Asian American man. He was very much not quiet, not shy, not passive. If he had… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on… — Natasha Trethewey 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
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
“She took particular comfort in certain familiar sights and sounds that marked her day: the buzz of the fluorescent lights, the pale… — T.E.D. Klein Copy Share Image
Few things would gratify me as much as a rediscovered respect for things belonging to others. Not abusing the property of others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Are you missing the library again?" Seth asked, startling her as he walked into the room. Kendra turned to face her brother.… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
Somebody insults you and you feel anger. Don't miss this opportunity; try to understand why, why this anger. And don't make it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“...he never so much as looks at me. He just sits there reading his old history books, that really gets me. I… — Sophie Divry Copy Share Image
For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
My daughter is reading various Young Adult vampire stuff, and I ask her, "Is there even a bad vampire in the story?"… — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
There was a library near us in San Francisco. It was the West Portal Public Library. I would ask my father to… — Jeffrey Tambor 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
Whole libraries can be filled with the papers written about cancer and its causes, but the contents of these papers fit on… — August Bier Copy Share Image
“You have that look on your face,” she whispered mockingly, “that Beast-just-gave-Beauty-a-whole-frickin’-library look and now she’s going to spin around like she… — Victoria Kahler Copy Share Image
“That the public library is a part of the educational system should never be lost sight of in the work of establishing… — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor (of Los Angeles), I used to sneak out here during lunchtime...and I'd… — Richard Riordan Copy Share Image
I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“Note found in the patron suggestion box: "You have SIGNS up near the computers that say BE QUIET, but people don't be… — Gina Sheridan Copy Share Image
I found in general, I got involved in that station toward the end of my freshmen year, and I just loved how… — Chris Baio Copy Share Image
“Libraries for me have always had a cathedral-like ambiance, a hushed sanctuary where learning is revered, where we the people elevate books… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
In the university library my father helped lead, as the Associate Director of Libraries from '60 to '82, I spent hours and… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
No library of American business achievement is complete without the story of Arthur G. Gaston. . . . Black Titan is a… — Earl G. Graves, Sr Copy Share Image
Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve,… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
If you need to know history, the real story of those before you, then you should go to the library and read… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
“-It was my library, now it's yours. Only yours. I want to cry and I can stand it. I know how much… — Benito Taibo Copy Share Image
I think that we need to measure how we give dollars to libraries by need. And the communities that are poor, in… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I just remember really loving words and writing about anything I could, and the way I'd remember things, like my library card… — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The Bodleian Library, next to the Sheldonian, is one of the great libraries of the world. As well as holding most of… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to regularly when they need to brainstorm together,… — Jay Chiat Copy Share Image
The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves against a spiritual winter which by certain signs, in spite… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists." [… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
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