Great Library Quotes
15 quotes by 14 authors
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A great library contains the diary of the human race.
— Geraldine Dawson
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No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization…
— Lawrence Clark Powell
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A great library is one nobody notices because it is always there, and always has what people need.
— Vicki Myron
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A great library doesn't have to be big or beautiful. It doesn't have to have the best facilities or the most efficient staff or the…
— Vicki Myron
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Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection.
— Michael Dirda
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You can't have a great university without a great library.
— Joe Paterno
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To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the…
— Manly Hall
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There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men and…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?
— Italo Calvino
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Even now, she wished she could write a note, push it across the table, and go away to her room. But she was no longer…
— Garth Nix
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Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn’t have to worry about some…
— Karen Russell
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The fondest dream of the information age is to create an archive of all knowledge. You might call it the Alexandrian fantasy, after the great…
— Gary Wolf
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Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
— Richard Jefferies
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In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that maintained…
— David Gerrold
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Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed; it is the same as it has always been,…
— Awrence Clark Powell
Who Wrote These Great Library Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 15 Great Library Quotes as follows: