Librarian Quote by Barbara Mertz

“You don't sound like a librarian," she said. "I'm on vacation," Jacqueline laughed. "Well, I supposed there is an image, isn't there? But stereotypes…

— Elizabeth Peters

“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

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

— Janis Ian

Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and pimping their…

— Guy Browning

Stereotypes exist because there's always some truth to stereotypes. Not always, but often.

— Maz Jobrani

Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be…

— Charlaine Harris

I have always thought that librarians are a little bit like doctors, travel agents and professors all rolled into one. We all know that…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

“People become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. They bring order to…

— Erica Olsen

“As a general rule, librarians are a kick in the pants socially, often full of good humor, progressive, and, naturally, well read”

— Bill Hall

People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain climber what…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“The truth is out there, but the truth also seems to be very subjective. With access to so many types of information, there is…

— Gina Sheridan

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

— Peter Shaffer