Age Quote by Jim Hightower

“Our whole American way of life is a great war of ideas, and librarians are the arms dealers selling weapons to both sides”

— James Quinn

“...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

“Since at least the Sixth Century all librarians have received extensive combat training and are lethal with even the common toothpick.”

— James Turner

“Librarians are the bedrock of the public domain and the defenders of our fundamental right to access knowledge.”

— Carl Malamud

[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't…

— Michael Moore

Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the librarians, and…

— Michael Moore

Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew I was…

— Jasper Fforde

“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully…

— Carl Sagan

Never argue with a librarian; they know too much.

— Carole Nelson Douglas

“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism." [ Libraries on the Front Lines , ALA interview 2011]”

— Neil Gaiman

I was so getting tired of fighting for my life in the library.

— Jennifer Estep

“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