Elementary school Quote by Candace Fleming

There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers. Pages upon…

— Libba Bray

“When he introduced himself as Dewey, I said, “It’s an honor to meet you Mr. Decimalsystem.”

— Jarod Kintz

“In my card catalogue, the Dewey Decimal System had placed him firmly under Ancient History.”

— S.E. Harmon

“I walked around the library and the library smelled like every library I had ever been in and Dewey decimals were on all the…

— Catherine Lacey

“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like…

— Brian Selznick

“The librarian was explaining the benefits of the Dewey decimal system to her junior--benefits that extended to every area of life. It was orderly,…

— Jeanette Winterson

I spent six months working as a temp in Hanslow Library and I mastered the Dewey Decimal System in two days flat...I'm good with…

— Donna Noble

“-You've got a . . . Lot of books, he said at last. -it's a sickness. -Are you . . . Seeing anyone for…

— Amor Towles

Librarying is a harder profession than the public realizes, he said. People think it's all rubber stamps, knowing that Dewey 521 is celestial mechanics…

— Jasper Fforde

“Today so many creative and devoted teachers not only have to struggle against unimaginative administrations, fearful parents, and wearied colleagues, they have also to…

— Esmé Raji Codell

“Knowledge equals power... The string was important. After a while the Librarian stopped. He concentrated all his powers of librarianship. Power equals energy... People…

— Terry Pratchett

“The earth is like a one-room schoolhouse in which students of different grade levels are assembled together:”

— Brian L. Weiss