Communication Quote by Allen Guy Wilcox

“Facts and information are the nourishment, the lifeblood, the raison d'etre, and also the bane and despair of librarians and researchers.”

— Kee Malesky

“One of the powerful functions of a library — any library — lies in its ability to take us away from worlds that are…

— Richard F. Thomas

The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers,…

— Carl Sagan

“I walked around the library and the library smelled like every library I had ever been in and Dewey decimals were on all the…

— Catherine Lacey

“More than a building that houses books and data, the library has always been a window to a larger world--a place where we've always…

— Barack Obama

“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“The bookworm of great libraries.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Every book has a skeleton hidden between its covers. Your job as an analytical reader is to find it.”

— Mortimer J. Adler

“Isn't it what all librarians strive toward, at least in the movies and cliches? Silence, invisibility, nothing but a rambling cloud of old book…

— Rebecca Makkai

“There are literally hundreds of other micro-experiences and incredible experiences that help shape the book. But what really drove it home for me was…

— Richie Norton

“worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).”

— Mike Schmoker

“But with each passing year, and each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read…

— nick hornby