Country Quote by Matthew Lesko

Libraries can be of indispensable service in lifting the dead weight of poverty and ignorance.

— Francis Keppel

As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.

— Jill Abramson

It's really important that we look after our libraries.

— Zoe Ball

Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us.

— Virginia Hamilton

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

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

— Cecil B. DeMille

“If we didn't already have libraries, they would now have to be invented. They are the keys to American success in fully exploiting the…

— James Billington

Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.

— Diane Ackerman

Support your libraries... or else!

— Margaret Atwood

I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users.

— Ken Jennings

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

— Walter Cronkite

The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they…

— Kate Mosse