Libraries Quotes

367 quotes by 289 authors

Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack… — Margaret Atwood
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. — Henry Ward Beecher
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? — Henry Ward Beecher
That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. — Aphra Behn
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. — Saul Bellow
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. — Josh Billings
Libraries are not made, they grow. — Augustine Birrell
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. — Jorge Luis Borges
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. — Ray Bradbury
Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000.… — Anthony Burgess
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
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. — George Carlin
The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality… — Alexis Carrel
Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children. — Nick Cave
For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries… — Maya Angelou
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with its… — Max Delbruck
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day. — Jean Fritz
Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children come… — Barack Obama
...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them,… — Barack Obama

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