Education Quote by John Cotton Dana

Public libraries are our great teachers and storytellers, and are a vital adjunct to our schools. In this day of standardized and homogenized education,…

— Julie Andrews

The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next.

— John Cotton Dana

“I grew up in libraries, and I hope I've learned never to take them for granted. A thriving library is the heart of its…

— Josie Brown

Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children…

— Barack Obama

“A library is more than a brick and mortar building filled with delicious books. It is also a community of people who live to…

— ALA

“We cannot have good libraries until we first have good librarians-properly educated, profesionally recognized and fairly rewarded.”

— Herbert S. White

“Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress.”

— Willard Scott

Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized…

— James A. Michener

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

— Carl Malamud

The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

— Elizabeth Taylor

“Librarians are trained to be polite, patient, and helpful, no matter who stands across the reference desk.The most important thing is that we look…

— Robert Dawson

I often wonder what my life would be like without the use of a library. Throughout my education and career, public and private libraries…

— David Horowitz