Able Quote by Sandra Cisneros

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

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

— Cecil B. DeMille

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

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

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no…

— John Redwood

I know the American Library Association has models for working with the poor. They do have that, and I think that we really need…

— Sandra Cisneros

“One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be "responsive to their patrons." This means…

— Connie Willis

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

— Francis Keppel

Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.

— Kavinder Kanwar

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

Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those…

— Louis L'Amour