Libraries Quotes

367 quotes by 289 authors

A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France. — Quentin Blake
Shared libraries are the work of the devil, the one true sign that the apocalypse is at hand. — Tom Duff
All over the world, there are libraries of a sort. They are among the most beautiful places on the earth, and they hold more information… — Brock Adams
I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,-- Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed, Knows… — John Godfrey Saxe
Places of incredible glamour, possibility, power, excitement and pleasure. Love your libraries! — Stephen Fry
Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information. Because even as we're the most religious of… — Barack Obama
Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and pimping their books. — Guy Browning
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and… — William Osler
I was a bookworm. Every week I'd go to the library and get seven books. Remember libraries? I wonder if people still go. And I… — Colin Mochrie
My own perception of that is somewhat colored by where people ask my advice, which is still, of course, about changes to Python internals or… — Guido van Rossum
Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race. — Christian Nestell Bovee
One cannot celebrate books sufficiently. After saying his best, still something better remains to be spoken in their praise. As with friends, one finds new… — Amos Bronson Alcott
For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a dream come true.… — Reza Aslan
Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries. — David Strathairn
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. — Germaine Greer
Libraries are where it all begins. — Rita Dove
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Libraries can take the place of God. — Umberto Eco
I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a… — Marilu Henner
A library implies an act of faith. — Victor Hugo

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