“The library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
He [Andrew Carnegie] wanted people to be able to lift themselves, to educate themselves, to train themselves. And there was no better… — David Nasaw Copy Share Image
I feel like now if you're going to start a band you have to have an Instagram full of yourself looking a… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
I know if I stopped hosting 'Wine Library TV,' we'd probably lose 75 percent of our audience, but the remaining 25 percent… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“My brother, being an English gentleman, possesses a library in all his houses, though he never opens a book. This is called… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
A library takes the gift of reading one step further by offering personalized learning opportunities second to none, a powerful antidote to… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Law-abiding Americans deserve to know that their government will not secretly tap their phones, read their medical records, access their library accounts… — Ralph Neas Copy Share Image
I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the minute… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“What we face is not a loss of books but the loss of a world. As in Alexandria after Aristotle’s time, or… — Matthew Battles Copy Share Image
“But before [William Stoner] the future lay bright and certain and unchanging. He saw it, not as a flux of event and… — John Williams Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Zalasiewicz is convinced that even a moderately competent stratigrapher will, at the distance of a hundred million years or so, be able… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be on screen not nailing an American accent. It's an insult to an American! There are plenty of… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
One of the first things my father taught me was that the library was made for and available to me. It's a… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public… — Maxine Cheshire Copy Share Image
During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with… — Philip Emeagwali Copy Share Image
I guess in my own egotistical way I like to create my own library of Batman books that doesn't run contrary to… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
Those moments when you feel you want to read something truly beautiful. The eyes make a tour of the library, and there… — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
“The Parkchester Library was my haven. To thumb through the card catalog was to touch an infinite bounty, more books than I… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school,… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
From fifth grade on, I worked at our public library. The pay, a pittance, was almost superfluous. All through high school, I… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but for those who need computer training and assistance. Library… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people… — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
I think many poets, including myself, write both for the voice and for the page. I certainly write for the person alone… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
With all the things I know, one could write a book... Although, one might also say that, considering all that I don’t… — Sacha Guitry Copy Share Image
You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
... I find myself coming out of the library with all women writers. I keep hoping the library attendant won't notice, but… — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets,… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There is a canyon within a reasonable distance of nearly every school in the city," [Elaine Brooks] pointed out. What an exciting… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“Again, I don't fully understand my emotion response to the library or trust it. It was the site of a series of… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Oh God. Why, oh why, did I have to be the one to deliver this news? Why couldn’t I be locked away… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
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![“But before [William Stoner] the future lay bright and certain and unchanging. He saw it, not as a flux of event and change and potentiality, but as a territory ahead that awaited his exploration. He saw it as the great University library, to which new wings might be built, to which new books might…” quote by John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/john-williams-3311_books_but-before-william-stoner-the-future-lay_1370142.jpg)
![“There is a canyon within a reasonable distance of nearly every school in the city," [Elaine Brooks] pointed out. What an exciting prospect, she said - a network of natural libraries for teaching children about the region’s rare and fragile ecosystems - and about themselves.” quote by Richard Louv](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/richard-louv-3583_libraries_there-is-a-canyon-within-a-reasonable-di_949484.jpg)
