Librarian Quotes
263 quotes by 201 authors
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
— Saul Bellow
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Libraries are not made, they grow.
— Augustine Birrell
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A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
— Ray Bradbury
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
— Warren Buffett
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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use…
— Laura Bush
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I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we…
— John Lewis
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What can I say? Librarians rule.
— Regis Philbin
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At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities…
— Barack Obama
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There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt…
— Peter Straub
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The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.
— Paula Poundstone
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The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human…
— Libba Bray
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I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.
— Laura Bush
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I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man.
— John le Carre
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If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.
— Cornelia Funke
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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
— Bjarne Stroustrup
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Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.
— Willard Scott
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Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.
— Spider Robinson
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The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty, might I please…
— Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
Who Wrote These Librarian Quotes
201 authors contributed a total of 263 Librarian Quotes, led by these top contributors: