Learning Quote by Ben Ray Lujan

Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the…

— Russell Banks

“The Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in…

— Los Angeles Public Library Mission Statement

Public libraries are our great teachers and storytellers, and are a vital adjunct to our schools. In this day of standardized and homogenized education,…

— Julie Andrews

Libraries are not just places where people go read a book, but places where an immigrant goes to take English lessons and where folks…

— Matthew Desmond

Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children…

— Barack Obama

“That the public library is a part of the educational system should never be lost sight of in the work of establishing it, or…

— John Cotton Dana

The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they…

— Kate Mosse

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when…

— Nicholas Meyer

I have a passion for libraries. They are potentially real community centers.

— Moshe Safdie

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

Libraries are starting places for the adventure of learning that can go on whatever one's vocation and location in life. Reading is an adventure…

— James H. Billington

“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