American society Quote by Isaac Asimov

“I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture,…

— Isaac Asimov

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found…

— Isaac Asimov

“All across America public libraries were, and are, being shut down, while prisons-with libraries-were, and are, being built. This has been a choice the…

— Avi Steinberg

“More than a building that houses books and data, the library has always been a window to a larger world--a place where we've always…

— Barack Obama

“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the…

— Michael Moore

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

— Richard M. Daley

“Libraries really are the gates to the future. So it is unfortunate that, round the world, we observe local authorities seizing the opportunity to…

— Neil Gaiman

“But with each passing year, and each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read…

— nick hornby

“Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague.”

— Eleanor Crumblehulme library assistant University of British Columbia

“Civilized nations build libraries; lands that have lost their soul close them down.”

— Toby Forward

“For a child a library needs to be round the corner. And if we lose local libraries it is children who will suffer.”

— Alan Bennett

“A library after closing is a lonely place. It is heart-poundingly silent, and the rows of shelves create an almost unfathomable number of dark…

— Vicki Myron