Crank Quote by Garrison Keillor

“As a general rule, librarians are a kick in the pants socially, often full of good humor, progressive, and, naturally, well read”

— Bill Hall

[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't…

— Michael Moore

Questioners sooner or later end up in a library... And answers are dangerous; they kill your wonder.

— Rajneesh

“Librarians are trained to be polite, patient, and helpful, no matter who stands across the reference desk.The most important thing is that we look…

— Robert Dawson

It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries…

— Paula Poundstone

“Librarians are serious people, seldom given to jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of…

— Lynn Austin

“People become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. They bring order to…

— Erica Olsen

“Librarians were somewhat on a par with God-who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to so many different types…

— Jodi Picoult

Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.

— Spider Robinson

What can I say? Librarians rule.

— Regis Philbin

“Librarians, to Melanie, were somewhat in a par with god -- who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to…

— Jodi Picoult

“To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change…

— R. David Lankes