Archivists Quote by Martha Cooley

“I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be involved with what you have done.”

— Mick Jagger

“This is why it’s perilous to ignore a librarian.”

— Jeffe Kennedy

“Isn't it what all librarians strive toward, at least in the movies and cliches? Silence, invisibility, nothing but a rambling cloud of old book…

— Rebecca Makkai

“...one of the secret masters of the world: a librarian. They control information. Don't ever p**s one off.”

— Spider Robinson

“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the…

— Michael Moore

“Librarians, too, are gatekeepers -- not of actual experience, of course, but of its written accounts. My job is to safeguard those accounts. Not…

— Martha Cooley

“The librarian is a caricature of librarian - short white hair, horn-rimmed glasses, a bosom you could hide Christmas presents under and a New…

— Bart Yates

“As a general rule, librarians are a kick in the pants socially, often full of good humor, progressive, and, naturally, well read”

— Bill Hall

“In order to be really good as a librarian, everything counts towards your work, every play you go see, every concert you hear, every…

— Allen Smith

“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the…

— Michael Moore

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

— Willard Scott

“I’m a librarian, not a leader.” “You’re both! Librarians and archeologists have always been the ones to bring civilization back.”

— Vernor Vinge