Public Library Quotes

98 Public Library quotes by 83 unique authors

What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship. — Matthew Lesko
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was a pillar of… — Tom Peters
The reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world are contained in books.... America's greatness is not only recorded in books, but it… — Terence Cooke
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for… — Mark Twain
The best place to find things: the public library. — Edward Bernays
The public library is the great equaliser. — Keith Richards
I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look… — Patrick Ness
The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. — Kurt Vonnegut
In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. — Henry Rollins
Few things would gratify me as much as a rediscovered respect for things belonging to others. Not abusing the property of others (or that of… — P. M. Forni
The door available to everyone that can lead to happiness & success is the modest door of the public library. I found it to be… — Herman Wouk
With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities. — Bill Gates
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
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
I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher. — Mark Ruffalo
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
Some of the best memories of my childhood that I have are the times that I played hooky from school so I could spend my… — Woody Allen
For those without money, the road to the treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library. — Pete Hamill
I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my… — Isaac Asimov
We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have engaged in terroristic… — Garrison Keillor
While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly… — Kurt Vonnegut
We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have… — John Thomas Sladek
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
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

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