Believe Quote by Jesse Shera

“...a book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands. If for a hundred and…

— Umberto Eco

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects…

— Umberto Eco

A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his shelves constantly…

— S. R. Ranganathan

[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't trust it…

— Laszlo Radvanyi

A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the…

— Robert Musil

... the subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want.You…

— Carolyn Wells

“The only way to make a library safe is to lock people out of it. As long as they are allowed to read the…

— Anonymous

“A personal library is an X-ray of the owner’s soul. It offers keys to a particular temperament, an intellectual disposition, a way of being…

— Jay Parini

“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 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