Quotes by Library The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential. Zadie Smith libraryessentialsknows You're a library of me. Zadie Smith library Even as the Internet has revived hope of a universal library and Google seems to promise an answer to every query, books have remained a dark region in the universe of information. We want books to be as accessible and searchable as the Web. On the other hand, we still want them to be books. Gary Wolf libraryinternethopedark At age eleven, I became a member of the circulating library of my home town. From there on I was rarely seen outside but was reading two to four books per week, the subjects ranging from archaeology over ethnology and geography to zoology. Needless to say that I did not do much homework. Hartmut Michel libraryreadingagehome A library is thought in cold storage. Herbert Samuel thoughtstoragelibrarycold We never had a giant library or owned a lot of commercial characters the way most studios did. And since we didn't have a lot of internal resources, we had to find ways to be inventive and resourceful, which I think is a healthy way to run a good business. Toby Emmerich goodthinklibrarybusiness So he said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library.' I thought 'That's a turn-up for the books.' Tommy Cooper yourthoughtlibrarysaid We see ourselves as the world's digital library. That can be a lot more than books. We do want to expand to other types of content: sheet music, magazines, user-generated content. Trip Adler librarydigitalmusicworld Just as it can be addictive to be in a real world bookstore or library, it's the same on the Web. Trip Adler justlibraryrealworld During my long study sessions in the library, I found myself watching YouTube videos during study breaks. Ray William Johnson youtubemyselflibrarylong The Boston run of 'Lolita, My Love' ended after a mere nine performances - though one of them was recorded at decent enough quality to be preserved by the New York Public Library. Sarah Weinman newlibraryqualitylove I was that kid with the glasses and the hungry expression who haunted every library book sale and used bookstore in town: the one who always has a book in one hand and is reaching for the next book with the other. There's one in every town. Seanan McGuire alwayslibraryglassesbook You start to accumulate your library of music. You want that music everywhere - that's the point where we monetize. If you want portability, mobility, and access, then you buy it. Sean Parker startyoulibrarymusic I didn't know Penn was an Ivy League school - I didn't know what the Ivy League was. When I got in, they sent me the package, and the tuition was my mother's salary for a year. My mom said, 'We can't afford it.' So I went to the library and found several scholarships and grants and was able to cover 90 percent of my education that way. Stacy Brown-Philpot melibrarymothereducation I began by working in a study in an attic, but for many years, I've used a small room in a library. What matters to me isn't decor or comfort but only quiet. I need to hear the rhythms of phrases, the music of sentences. Any place that allows me to do that is good enough. Steven Millhauser goodmelibrarymusic 'Forever Amber,' written by Kathleen Winsor in 1944, was banned in Boston at the time of its publication as obscene and offensive. This alone would have been enough to excite my interest, but in 1956, it was sitting inoffensively on the shelves of the small country library on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, where my family spent its summers. Susanna Moore alonelibraryfamilytime My children are as at home in the Port Elgin library as I used to be, and they've sat in the cinema seats where I sat with their aunt every Saturday afternoon, watching the matinee movies. Susanna Kearsley librarycinemahomechildren In elementary school, I read every single space book in the library about all the planets, about nebulas, about black holes. So for as long as I can remember, I've been just looking up at the stars and wondering what's out there and even what may be looking back at us. Sunil Nagaraj looking-backlibraryblackstars We had library books in our house, but not our own. So you had 14 days to read them. There would be eight books a fortnight in our house and I'd read as many of those as I could. Sue Townsend ownyoulibraryhouse It's always a treat for me to go to the British Library. Sue Perkins treatgomelibrary«4041424344454647484950»
