Librarian Quote by Herbert S. White

“Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress.”

— Willard Scott

“Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably underestimated and largely underemployed.”

— Charles Medawar

“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

“Never underestimate the ability of a librarian”

— David N. Ofili

“I like to imagine that library school was started because of some sort of silly bar bet where a guy got really plastered and…

— Scott Douglas

“Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone.”

— Alberto Manguel

“Everybody should have a librarian.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the…

— Barbara Fister

“The more freely a librarian mingles with readers, and the greater the amount of assistance he renders them, the more intense does the conviction…

— Samuel Green

“I grew up in libraries, and I hope I've learned never to take them for granted. A thriving library is the heart of its…

— Josie Brown

“Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”

— Augustine Birrell

“We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too important to…

— Seth Godin