Humor Quote by Bill Hall

“Librarians are serious people, seldom given to jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of…

— Lynn Austin

“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

“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

What can I say? Librarians rule.

— Regis Philbin

“Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably underestimated and largely underemployed.”

— Charles Medawar

“Problem with being a librarian is there's some lessons you just can't learn from books.”

— Jay Kristoff

“To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change…

— R. David Lankes

“Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence men, properly informed may bring forth something for ornament, much for curiosity, and more for use.”

— William Dyer

“Be a librarian and see the world!”

— Robert Lee Hadden

“Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress.”

— Willard Scott

“Librarians know books, we live books, we breathe books, we are books.”

— Jenny Levine

“Libraries are like houses of worship: Whether or not you use them yourself, it's important to know that they are there. In many ways…

— Jane Stanton Hitchcock