Library Quotes

1426 Library quotes by 907 unique authors

I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everything there was organised in… — Alberto Manguel
To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism. — Jorge Luis Borges
Over the door of the library in Thebes is the inscription "Medicine for the soul. — Diodorus Siculus
I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace. — Gregory Corso
Simply as a writer of books I'm thrilled and proud that Seattle should have raised, on a public vote, sufficient money to build a central… — Jonathan Raban
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries… — Richard Louv
I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed… — Kurt Masur
If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in… — Graham Nelson
If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library… — Phylicia Rashad
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or… — Laura Lippman
The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able… — Joseph Lancaster
Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked… — Malcolm Turnbull
But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. — Andrew Wiles
In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming… — George Weah
I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts. — Walter Wager
When I first moved to L.A., I didn't have a lot of money to join a gym or take classes, so I improvised. My sister… — AnnaLynne McCord
I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. — David Morrissey
I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic… — Walter Dean Myers
Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult… — George Carlin
Everything you need for your better future and success has already been written.And guess What? It's all available.All you have to do is go to… — Jim Rohn
Do not use intoxicants of any sort. We who should be serving the world should not ruin our health by smoking and drinking. The money… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library. — Nicholson Baker
Whatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite library; and eternity… — Dervla Murphy
Libraries can be of indispensable service in lifting the dead weight of poverty and ignorance. — Francis Keppel
One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they claim they sell… — Diane Wakoski

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