Able Quote by Joseph Lancaster

“That the public library is a part of the educational system should never be lost sight of in the work of establishing it, or…

— 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

You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to…

— Zadie Smith

Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not…

— Katherine Paterson

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when…

— Nicholas Meyer

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

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 a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.

— Alan Dershowitz

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

— Cecil B. DeMille

Teachers are not supposed to be repositories of information which they dish out. That is from an age when there were no other repositories…

— Sugata Mitra

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

— Elizabeth Taylor

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is…

— Louis L'Amour