The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next. — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
For those without money, the road to the treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library. — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
“... my heart skips a beat. Seriously, like a CD from the public library, it goes ZZebbTTT and skips.” — Brent Crawford Copy Share Image
“In New York City real estate parlors took your money and lied to you, drug addicts relieved themselves in plain sight, and… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
If you want to purchase and view a book at your local bookstore or public library, you should have the right to… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives. — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
“You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.” — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
You go to your public library, or you call your fire department or police department, what do you think you are calling?… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Loaded with note cards for research papers that I was hopelessly behind on, I'd enter the Public Library only to end up… — Stuart Dybek Copy Share Image
I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In truth, the cinema as a delivery system obviously has its days numbered. And that's not a bad thing. When you can… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Some of the best memories of my childhood that I have are the times that I played hooky from school so I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Sir, the fact that the book is in a public library brings no comfort.Books are the one element in which I am… — Harold Laski Copy Share Image
I was looking at books and reading the indexes and finding a next book and reading that book, and then from that… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
“Then it happened. One night as the rain beat on the slanted kitchen roof a great spirit slipped forever into my life.… — John Fante Copy Share Image
...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.'… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
I cannot sufficiently celebrate the glorious liberty that reigns in the public libraries of the twentieth century as compared with the intolerable… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
“Unlike my father, who blindly churned out one canvas after another, I had real ideas about the artistic life. Seated at my… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Librarians are trained to be polite, patient, and helpful, no matter who stands across the reference desk.The most important thing is that… — Robert Dawson Copy Share Image
“Depression, we are told over and over again, is a brain disease, a chemical imbalance that can be adjusted by antidepressant medication.… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
My parents used to park us kids at the public library in downtown Honolulu every Saturday. They'd leave us there at 8… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
One function of the librarian, as he saw it, was to blunt the edge of these differences and to provide a means… — Lewis Henry Steiner Copy Share Image
In fact, of course, there is no secret knowledge; no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
[T]he public library is where those without money, power, access, university affiliation, or advanced degrees can get information for free. — Siva Vaidhyanathan 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
“Why can't I just Google it like everything else?! I hate you public library system!” — Vera Brosgol Copy Share Image
I moved to New York City in '92 and had no money. I had a lot of free time, as actors do.… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Dulcie always found a public library a little upsetting, for one saw so many odd people there... — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was… — Craig Thompson Copy Share Image
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