“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
My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library. — Bill Russell 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
“Wherever you go, Provincetown will always take you back, at whatever age and in whatever condition. Because time moves somewhat differently there,… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was… — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what… — Karen DeCrow 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
“When nightfall weaves its way through the New York Public Library, it is nothing shy of magic. Long stretched of sunlight on… — Kristin O'Donnell Tubb Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Children built snowmen in their front lawns, played in the yard of the public library. I would miss that old library. I… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“The public library contains multitudes. And each person who visits contains multitudes as well. Each of us is a library of thoughts,… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
“See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Much have I travelled in the realms of gold for which I thank the Paddington and Westminster Public Libraries. — Peter Porter Copy Share Image
I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
“Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was parked. It… — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
“America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twentyseven cents January 17, 1956. I can’t stand my… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
“The Concord public library committee deserve well of the public by their action in banishing Mark Twain’s new book, Huckleberry Finn, on… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
Boston had the first public library, Liverpool had the first lending library. Both cities have pioneered medical advancements during the decades and… — John W. Henry Copy Share Image
