Dewey Quote by Sandra Beasley

“When he introduced himself as Dewey, I said, “It’s an honor to meet you Mr. Decimalsystem.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Ah, the Dewey decimal system…humankind’s single greatest achievement.” From Candace Fleming’s The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School”

— Candace Fleming

“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like…

— Brian Selznick

“The librarian was explaining the benefits of the Dewey decimal system to her junior--benefits that extended to every area of life. It was orderly,…

— Jeanette Winterson

“-You've got a . . . Lot of books, he said at last. -it's a sickness. -Are you . . . Seeing anyone for…

— Amor Towles

“Soon after I began working for the Professor, I realized that he talked about numbers whenever he was unsure of what to say or…

— Yoko Ogawa

“Right now I don't have patience to deal with people who IQ lands on the right side of the decimal point.”

— Suzanne Wright Feral Sins

“...but numbers didn't lie. That was the reason I loved math. It was the only pure form of honesty left in this world.”

— Teresa Mummert

“My worth depended on where exactly the decimal was placed among the zeroes.”

— Augusten Burroughs

“There's something very satisfying about numbers. Numbers are what they are. They are very straightforward. Unlike people.”

— Joy Fielding

“I had authority issues. In my defense, my math teacher had it coming. She’d made me write one hundred on the black board, so…

— Kate Evangelista

“I had been to school most all the time, and could spell, and read, and write just a little, and could say the multiplication…

— Mark Twain