Library Quotes

1426 Library quotes by 907 unique authors

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before… — H P Lovecraft
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. — James Russell Lowell
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there. — Clare Boothe Luce
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. — Malcolm X
I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970, and the book,… — Hilary Mantel
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. — Mary Wortley Montagu
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales.… — Mike Myers
When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the… — Nathan Myhrvold
People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives,… — Joyce Carol Oates
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach… — Barack Obama
And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their… — Sarah Jessica Parker
When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in… — Sarah Jessica Parker
To make sure that votes are never canceled out by illegal votes, we instituted a photo ID requirement. And don't you think it's fair to… — Rick Perry
My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy? — Jodi Picoult
I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and… — Terry Pratchett
I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on… — Robert Redford
I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books. — Ann Richards
I've never been a collector - just a consumer - and these days unless a book is signed to me by another author, I don't… — Rick Riordan
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. — Carl T. Rowan
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared… — John Ruskin
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the… — Jose Saramago
I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams, Mass., where nothing… — Stacy Schiff
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print… — Nate Silver

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