Library Quotes

1426 Library quotes by 907 unique authors

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me. — Anatole France
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them. — Stephen Fry
A library book, I imagine, is a happy book. — Cornelia Funke
I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go… — Neil Gaiman
A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health information. And mental… — Neil Gaiman
As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays,… — Neil Gaiman
Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us… — Edward Gibbon
The most violent element in society is ignorance. — Emma Goldman
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. — Germaine Greer
My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I… — John Grisham
Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out. — Joan Collins
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they… — Charles Caleb Colton
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. — Norman Cousins
I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the… — Simon Cowell
I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time. — Claire Danes
I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading… — Rodney Dangerfield
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. — Benjamin Disraeli
Libraries are where it all begins. — Rita Dove
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put… — Arthur Conan Doyle
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about… — Alan Dundes
Libraries can take the place of God. — Umberto Eco
My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of… — Umberto Eco
Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and… — Paul Engle
Your library is your paradise. — Desiderius Erasmus

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