Quotes by Library Because nearly all digital libraries are tied to bricks-and-mortar institutions, the funding base tends to be quite localized. Tom Peters bricks-and-mortarlibrarydigital We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a distinct advantage - in terms of both life opportunities and quality of life, I wouldargue - over the vast majority of the world's population that does not yet have good access to computernetworks. The "other" digital divide points to an increasingly unstable situation that has developed inlibrarianship as digital libraries have evolved and matured. Tom Peters libraryopportunitypeople It's strange, isn't it. You stand in the middle of a library and go aaaaagghhhh' and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an aeroplane, and everyone joins in. Tommy Cooper libraryhumorousfunny A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch. Tom Peters free-lunchlibrarylunch I am confident that for the foreseeable future (barring some catastrophic event affecting economic, energy, electrical, and communications systems), many subpopulations that use information intensively (e.g., students, academics, library patrons, white collar workers) will be using some sort of portal information appliance. Tom Peters librarycommunicationwhite Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you. Tom Stoppard libraryladdersthinking Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission. Toni Morrison librarywisdomcivilization I don't write at the library, because I smoke when I work or would like the possibility of a smoke. Also, I need to be at my own desk. Tom Stoppard librarywritingneeds I am a public library Tony Benn public-librarylibrarypolitics If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. Tony Benn librarypaperyears Memory, that library of the soul from which I will draw knowledge and experience for the rest of my life. Tove Ditlevsen librarysoulmemories I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life. Tracy Chevalier libraryblisstaken As a child I spent a lot of time at the library. Tracy Chapman librarychildren The biggest thing I did was that I used to go to the library. I fed my mind every day. Tony Robbins libraryusedmind Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom Umberto Eco libraryhumanitywise A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles. Umberto Eco libraryfunctionlittles There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. Ursula K. Le Guin librarystorieswriting Libraries can take the place of God. Umberto Eco library One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments. Vance Havner librarygenuinemen The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy. Vartan Gregorian librarydemocracyheart«3738394041424344454647»
