"The library is not only a diary of……" — Vartan Gregorian

"The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity."

— Vartan Gregorian

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12 Quotes by Vartan Gregorian

Vartan Gregorian has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the…
That is the future, and it is probably nearer than we think. But our primary problem as universities is not…
Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.
In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic…
The universe is not going to see someone like you again in the entire history of creation.
Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own…
The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at…
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of…
It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value.
Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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