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“A librarian for president is exactly what this country needs.”

— Richard Castle

In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending works that…

— David Gerrold

Librarians are more important than ever before ... are uniquely qualified to help all of us separate the digital wheat from the chaff, to…

— Daniel Levitin

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The Calandra Institute, the Metropolitan Opera Archives, the library at Lincoln Center, and the Fashion Institute of Technology were helpful and key to piecing…

— Adriana Trigiani

Librarian of Congress: It's a librarian's dream.

— Carla Hayden

It seems to me that the dedication of a library is an act of faith. To bring together the resources of the past and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

— Barbara Tuchman

“A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams and grows readers, learners, and do-ers.”

— Laura Purdie Salas

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

— Janis Ian

“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection;…

— Mark Twain