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
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
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
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
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
The red library is Sui's tribute to fashion maven Diana Vreeland, who served as editor for Harper's Bazaar (1939-1962) and Vogue (1963-1961).… — Anna Sui Copy Share Image
“In the library I search for a good book. We have many books, says Mrs. Rose, the librarian, and ALL of them… — Sally Murphy Copy Share Image
I loved doing problems in school. I'd take them home and make up new ones of my own. But the best problem… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of… — Hoda Kotb Copy Share Image
I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“I love libraries. I love books. There is something sacred, I think, about a great library because it represents the preservation of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
To retire by the age of 35 was my goal. I wasn't sure how I was going to get there though. I… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
At the 1894 ALA conference it was fairly well agreed that the primary goal of the public library must be to teach… — Kevin Mattson 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
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
“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
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
For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I don't know if you know it, J.B., but you're the sort of fellow who causes hundreds to fall under suspicion when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thing is, I wasn't in the library, didn't study too much, didn't get the best grades, but honestly, I didn't party a… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
Our homes do not have to offer us permanent occupancy or store our clothes to merit the name. To speak of home… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Kissinger's monopoly on this historical record has driven many scholars to distraction. Groups of lawyers, scholars, journalists and archivists have used pronunciamento,… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
The girls who come into my library adore the prettiness of fairies, theminiature-ness. But they are also nature lovers and lovers of… — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
At a given instant everything the surgeon knows suddenly becomes important to the solution of the problem. You can't do it an… — John W. Kirklin Copy Share Image
“Several times he had to flatten himself against the shelves as a thesaurus thundered by. He waited patiently as a herd of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I'm a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction -… — Anthony Geary Copy Share Image
“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner. It is much better to confine yourself to a… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The Internet is a big boon to academic research. Gone are the days spent in dusty library stacks digging for journal articles.… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
This is an extremely foolish and stupid and idiotic kind of attitude - to expect theatres to make money. Do the public… — John Hirsch Copy Share Image
