Library Quotes

1426 Library quotes by 907 unique authors

Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Seventy million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out. — Thomas Lansing Masson
The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them. — Gilles Menage
The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside. — Laura Bush
The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who… — Simon Sebag-Montefiore
The venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me and relieve me from the nonsense of surviving mortals. — Unknown Author
Someday it will dawn on man that woman does not read the wonderful books with which he has filled his libraries, and though she may… — Esther Vilar
Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem… — Larry McMurtry
The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves against a spiritual winter which by certain signs, in spite of myself, I… — Marguerite Yourcenar
I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the specialness… — Scott Turow
I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after book trying in… — Daniel Tammet
The library will endure; it is the universe... We walk the corridors, searching the shelves and rearranging them, looking for lines of meaning amid leagues… — James Gleick
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. — Cecil B. DeMille
The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next. — John Cotton Dana
Brian Myers takes a fresh approach. He largely ignores what the regime tells the outside world about itself, but concentrates instead on what North Koreans… — Andrei Lankov
Whole libraries can be filled with the papers written about cancer and its causes, but the contents of these papers fit on one little library… — August Bier
Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture. — Vartan Gregorian
In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a… — Vartan Gregorian
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst… — Vartan Gregorian
The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity. — Vartan Gregorian
The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy. — Vartan Gregorian
So I spend a lot of time at the library. That doesn't mean I'm a massive nerd! — Fabian
I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought,… — Tom Glazer
Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an… — Michelle Rodriguez

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