I don't have any delusions. I'm not a novelist - I'm a comedian who writes. I love doing the stand-up and the… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Defending the library service from the predations of ideologically-motivated public schoolboys who had immensely privileged childhoods isn’t ‘whining,’ it is the pursuit… — Alan Gibson Copy Share Image
Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to… — Peter Lewis Allen Copy Share Image
But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That's… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
“Ah college years, those were the days. Pure freedom ... leaving home for the first time…the parties…” "What about the tutorials, the… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“To see the value of a library, ignore the adults. Find an inquisitive child who doesn't have an iPhone yet, take them… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
The access to information the web provides is both daunting and exciting. Information that was once secreted away in library stacks is… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
I remember, as a kid, I couldn't wait to get my library card, get my first book. There was a sphinx on… — Keith Hernandez Copy Share Image
I walked into the local library and asked the librarian do you've any books on the meaning of life? And she said… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between… — William Osler Copy Share Image
We like to say the Internet is the ultimate library. But libraries are libraries because people come together and fund them through… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
About Thomas Hobbes: He was 40 years old before he looked on geometry; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, Euclid's… — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
“"Since I could only take six books per visit from the library, I had to time it right, or I'd be stuck… — Randy Susan Meyers Copy Share Image
“The library is the worst group of people ever assembled in history. They're mean, conniving, rude, and extremely well-read, which makes them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty,… — Countess of Longford Elizabeth Pakenham Copy Share Image
We've conflated football games with patriotic zeal. I don't think attending a football game is any more patriotic than walking down the… — Oliver Luck Copy Share Image
London centre has a wealth of creative activity but there are parts of London where there isn't a cinema or where library… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
We still need to hear more about things like water and wastewater infrastructure and community infrastructure, like local rinks and libraries. But… — Naheed Nenshi Copy Share Image
No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
'Anna Karenina.' I read it in college. I was so engrossed that I couldn't stop reading it and neglected all my other… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
The retreat and disappearance of glaciers—there are only 160,000 left—means we're burning libraries and damaging the planet, possibly beyond repair. Bit by… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
The combined entity Youku Tudou Inc. represents a dominant leader in online video sector in China with the largest user base, most… — Victor Koo Copy Share Image
-Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was… — Donovan Copy Share Image
You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. That is a… — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Having a person of Dr. Berthiaume's calibre leading Library and Archives Canada will be a solid asset to the organization. His extensive… — Shelly Glover Copy Share Image
He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
After years and years of accumulating papers, I keep feeling that I should give them to the library or something because they… — Jennifer Tipton Copy Share Image
We are digital archives of the African Pliocene, even of Devonian seas; walking repositories of wisdom out of the old days. You… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“She remembered the conversation in the Library, as forgetting was the last thing a fully-trained Librarian should do. Memories were as important… — Genevieve Cogman Copy Share Image
I worry about Google's data ethics and about the idea of handing over the corpus of my life, but I can't deny… — Om Malik Copy Share Image
![“About Thomas Hobbes: He was 40 years old before he looked on geometry; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, Euclid's Elements lay open, and "twas the 47 El. libri I" [Pythagoras' Theorem]. He read the proposition "By God", sayd he, "this is impossible:" So he reads the…” quote by John Aubrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/john-aubrey-29611_convinced_about-thomas-hobbes-he-was-40-years-old_1668279.jpg)
