Libraries Quotes

367 quotes by 289 authors

Libraries are our friends. — Neil Gaiman
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for… — John F. Kennedy
I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was… — John Jakes
Libraries, whether my own or shared with a greater reading public, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I… — Alberto Manguel
The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. — Alberto Manguel
Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence. — Alberto Manguel
We can imagine the books we'd like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagine libraries full of books… — Alberto Manguel
Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the… — Isaac Asimov
If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds. — David McCullough
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. — Zig Ziglar
To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please. — Richard Baxter
But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries… — Sidney Poitier
I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better… — Roger Zelazny
Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the… — Paul Auster
What in the world would we do without our libraries? — Katharine Hepburn
Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to… — William S. Burroughs
I grew up in a utopia, I did. California when I was a child was a child's paradise, I was healthy, well fed, well clothed,… — Kim Stanley Robinson
An indigenous culture with sufficient territory, and bilingual and intercultural education, is in a better position to maintain and cultivate its mythology and shamanism. Conversely,… — Jeremy Narby
There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. — Daniel Handler
Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read. — Patricia A. McKillip

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