Big idea Quote by Barack Obama

“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

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our…

— Adriana Trigiani

“A library is more than a brick and mortar building filled with delicious books. It is also a community of people who live to…

— ALA

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute…

— Sidney Sheldon

“If we didn't already have libraries, they would now have to be invented. They are the keys to American success in fully exploiting the…

— James Billington

Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In recent years, libraries have taken on an increasingly…

— Jodi Rell

A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people,…

— E. B. White

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

— Kevin Barry

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

— Tamora Pierce

“Libraries represent the sole contemporary American institution with the potential for making available a wide-ranging, genuinely diverse spectrum of opinions, cultural expressions, and ideas…

— Sanford Berman

A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go if you…

— E. B. White

“Libraries are sanctuaries from the world and command centers onto it: here in the quiet rooms are the lives of Crazy Horse and Aung…

— Rebecca Solnit