Quotes by Library I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge. Haruki Murakami libraryquietbook Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction. Henry Ford librarymisunderstoodpast Your library is your portrait. Holbrook Jackson libraryportraitswriting The public library system of the United States is worth preserving. Henry Rollins libraryunited-statesstates What are the libraries of science but files of newspapers? Henry David Thoreau librarynewspapersscience Those who delve into the scriptural library … find that to understand requires more than casual reading or perusal—there must be concentrated study. … One who studies the scriptures every day accomplishes far more than one who devotes considerable time one day and then lets days go by before continuing. Howard W. Hunter libraryone-dayreading I had no money to buy books, so between classes and work, I haunted the library. I even tutored in French with a sliding scale of payment: twenty dollars for an A, fifteen for a B, ten for a C, five for a D. Hubert H. Humphrey libraryclassbook Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. Huston Smith libraryculturehands It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those Iain Banks librarystupidevil Each time you admire the façade of the New York Public Library, you are paying homage to Western civilization. Ibn Warraq librarynew-yorkcivilization I have now a library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself. Henry David Thoreau libraryreadingnine The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age. Isaac D'Israeli libraryreadingage The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night. Isabel Allende librarypagesnight Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is an encyclopedia, a library, an inventory of objects, a series of styles, and everything can be constantly shuffled and reordered in every way conceivable. Italo Calvino librarystylebook I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the public library. Isaac Asimov libraryrealschool The Library is a wilderness of books. Henry David Thoreau libraryreadingbook What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library? Italo Calvino harborslibrary A library is a room where the murders take place. J. B. Morton librarymurderrooms It should be possible, in a 'debreviation' mode, to type 'clr' on the keyboard and have 'The Council on Library Resources, Inc.' appear on the display. J. C. R. Licklider libraryresourceskeyboards One must be prepared to reject not only the schema of the physical library, which is essentially a response to books and their proliferation, but the schema of the book itself, and even that of the printed page as a long term storage device, if one is to discover the kinds of procognitive systems needed in the future. J. C. R. Licklider librarylongbook«1213141516171819202122»
