Quotes by Library I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to. Nipsey Hussle librarycoldbook In my day the library was a wonderful place.... We didn't have visual aids and didn't have various programs...it was a sanctuary.... So I tend to think the library should remain a center of knowledge. Norman Mailer librarysanctuarythinking Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good deal of time in libraries, looking for some answers. I found all the answers I needed in that golden vein of ore that every library has. Og Mandino libraryveinsyears Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. libraryshouldtrying People who spend their working hours in a lab or research library or a classroom might be intent primarily on keeping or advancing their elite positions, thereby lending tacit support to power structures. Or they might not be. Noam Chomsky librarysupportpeople Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship. Oprah Winfrey citizenshiplibrarycards You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for. Noam Chomsky librarycongressinformation If you want to become a biologist, it doesn't help to go into the Harvard biology library and all the information is there for you. You have to know what to look for and the internet is the same, just magnified. Noam Chomsky librarywantlooks A library is the first step of a thousand journeys, portal to a thousand worlds. Orson Scott Card libraryjourneyworld A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. They welcome to the kingdom the young and old of reapers and reign among the riches as the wondrous fortune keepers. Pam Muñoz Ryan libraryjewelsbook A library could show you everything if you knew where to look. Pat Conroy libraryshowslooks Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read. Patricia A. McKillip libraryarmyepic You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't you ever do anything but cook and read? Patricia C. Wrede librarykitchendoors Those who declared librarians obsolete when the Internet rage first appeared are now red-faced. We need them more than ever. The Internet is full of 'stuff' but its value and readability is often questionable. 'Stuff' doesn't give you a competitive edge, high-quality related information does. Patricia Schroeder libraryqualitygiving I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a library and not be afraid for my life. Patrick Carman librarianlibrarywalks I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look at it, to find out about it, to discover who I might be inside it. Patrick Ness librarywaitinglooks Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life. Paul Auster librarymoonreal I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing else. Patti Smith jerseylibraryculture I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and scores of other places. Paul Engle libraryillinoisyale The library is the mathematician's laboratory. Paul Halmos mathematicianlaboratorylibrary«2627282930313233343536»
