Dystopian-novel Quote by Allie Condie

For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in…

— Allen Weinstein

Archiving is extremely expensive and time consuming. I'm sure an archivist would tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's an industry that's built upon…

— Ian MacKaye

“He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are unsentimental. They're pragmatic, concerned with the newest, cleanest, most popular books.…

— Avi Steinberg

“Curators and archivists at local museums can play a significant role in bringing this difficult history home, a commitment that is sometimes sparked by…

— Paulette Regan

Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past.

— Brad Meltzer

Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory.

— Allen Weinstein

“Would I be an Archivist then?” I asked. “No,” she said. “You’d be a trader.” For a moment, I thought she said traitor, which…

— Ally Condie

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the…

— Allen Weinstein

“A historian who works for a bank: That’s not the most likely background for someone who capers around the cosmos having adventures, is it?”

— Charles Stross

“Librarians, too, are gatekeepers -- not of actual experience, of course, but of its written accounts. My job is to safeguard those accounts. Not…

— Martha Cooley