Quotes by Library The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able to purchase expensive publications on those subjects. Joseph Lancaster libraryteacherbook Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety. Jorge Luis Borges libraryguiltyknowing Lully's machine, Mill's fear and Lasswitz's chaotic library can be the subject of jokes, but they exaggerate a propensity which is common: making metaphysics and the arts into a kind of play with combinations. Jorge Luis Borges libraryplayart In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of absolute nonsense. Jorge Luis Borges librarytwentiesexample Yo, que me figuraba el Paraíso / Bajo la especie de una biblioteca. I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges libraryparadisekind Public libraries are the last vestige of public free space. Joshua Prince-Ramus librarylastsspace Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens. Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon librarygardenbook My pen is my harp and my lyre; my library is my garden and my orchard. Judah Halevi harpslibrarygarden A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget. Judy Blume librarynever-forgetcharacter If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached. Judith Martin librarywomenneeds I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four. Judy Blume libraryfourbook If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing. Judy Blume librarybookthinking The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted. Jules Verne librarybookhands Art shouldn't be locked away in galleries and libraries and books. Art should be for everybody and not just art buffs, historians and so-called experts. Julian Beever librarybookart There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the German dining room, and I think the library is a room the English get right. Julian Fellowes librarydrawingthinking I want to have schools and libraries and other institutions named after me. I tell my daughter that all the time. Kam Williams librarydaughterschool There are volumes and libraries of information in our minds and we are continually weighing information. We hear new things, we compare it with things we've heard before, and we take from it what we feel is pertinent and throw away what we feel isn't necessary. Kai Greene libraryinformationmind I smiled at her, but she was already lost in thought, looking around the library as if it held all the answers to all our problems. Kami Garcia libraryproblemanswers Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. Karl Shapiro libraryuniquewise The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need. Kate Capshaw librarypreparationpeople«1819202122232425262728»
