Big Quote by Karin Slaughter

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns…

— Karin Slaughter

Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there…

— Jo Walton

Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books…

— Courtney Milan

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of…

— Paula Poundstone

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every…

— Thomas Jefferson

Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year.

— Michael Moore

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every…

— Thomas Jefferson

I think that we need to measure how we give dollars to libraries by need. And the communities that are poor, in my opinion,…

— Sandra Cisneros

Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks…

— Barbara Bush

I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs…

— John Jakes

Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In recent years, libraries have taken on an increasingly…

— Jodi Rell

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute…

— Sidney Sheldon