Libraries Quotes

367 quotes by 289 authors

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries… — Caroline Kennedy
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. — Barbara Kingsolver
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives,… — Joyce Carol Oates
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach… — Barack Obama
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. — Carl T. Rowan
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared… — John Ruskin
Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with access to the… — Peter Singer
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do… — Sachin Tendulkar
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. — Barbara Tuchman
A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity. — Germaine Greer
You see, I don't belive that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, that has been the main reason for our policy… — Graham Chapman
My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. — Joan Bauer
There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping… — Doris Lessing
All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing… — Nick Hornby
I read," I say. "I study and read. I bet I've read everything you read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out… — David Foster Wallace
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my… — Virginia Woolf
As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp… — Raymond Chandler
You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes… — Ray Bradbury
Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. — John F. Kennedy

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