Libraries Quote by James Billington

“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

“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 very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

— Anonymous

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

— Alberto Manguel

“It is likely that libraries will carry on and survive, as long as we persist in lending words to the world that surrounds us,…

— Alberto Manguel

“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.”

— Matt Finch

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

— Neil Gaiman

The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races,…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Libraries are the future of reading.

— Courtney Milan

Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on…

— Paul Auster

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Just ask Ray Bradbury.”

— Kami Garcia

“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