American society Quote by Isaac Asimov

“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing…

— Isaac Asimov

“Now, when I read constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door…

— 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

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

— Richard M. Daley

“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

It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to…

— Alberto Manguel

Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those…

— Louis L'Amour

Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books…

— Courtney Milan

I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the blues about…

— David McCullough

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

— Eleanor Crumblehulme library assistant University of British Columbia

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

— Saul Bellow

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns…

— Karin Slaughter