Library Quotes

1426 Library quotes by 907 unique authors

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by… — Martin Lewis Perl
Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country that… — Langston Hughes
Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be called a book… — Sherman Alexie
A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom. — Wendy Beckett
It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened… — Marian Burros
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library… — Stephen King
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives… — Kurt Vonnegut
My childhood library was small enough not to be intimidating. And yet I felt the whole world was contained in those two rooms. I could… — Rita Dove
There are some places you love with your heart, and there are some places that you love with your mind- the places that you love… — Frank Delaney
A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book. It awaits its destined reader, come… — Lawrence Clark Powell
He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience what… — Bertrand Meyer
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library. — Michael Caine
I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order. — Walter Benjamin
A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn. — Victor Hugo
Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism. — Neil Gaiman
You can't have a great university without a great library. — Joe Paterno
Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having… — John Dingell
I do have a library of events I can talk about and I always expect to find a different point of view on it so… — Leo Kottke
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library. — Luther Standing Bear
I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher. — Mark Ruffalo
The doors of this Library are open now and are all welcome. The judgment of history is left to you, the people. I have no… — Ronald Reagan
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I… — Isaac Asimov
How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind… — Neil Armstrong
I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies, fantasy - all… — Susan Sarandon

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