Quotes by Library The New York Public Library is a wonderful gem. I go there to get away from the bustle of the city. They have an incredible collection of menus from all over the city. Daniel Humm citynewgolibrary I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest. Adriana Trigiani librarymy-ownreadinglove I like to compare 'Instagram' to the Library of Congress. Kevin Systrom likelibrarycompareinstagram I was the kind of reader in smudged pink harlequin glasses sitting on the cool, dusty floor of the Arrandale public library, standing at the edge of the playground, having broken a tooth in dodge ball, and lying under my covers with a flashlight. Amy Bloom coollibraryglassesbroken I'd go to the library so I could sit in a big, quiet room and listen to pages being turned. There was a boring librarian who everyone in fifth grade hated. But I loved her because when she would read us stories in her soft voice, she'd turn my head into a snow globe. Andrea Seigel lovedlibraryvoicesnow I don't think if you're serious about literature your library is filled with award-winning books. Andrew Wylie thinkyoulibraryserious I loved doing problems in school. I'd take them home and make up new ones of my own. But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library. I was just browsing through the section of math books and I found this one book, which was all about one particular problem - Fermat's Last Theorem. Andrew Wiles bestlibraryhomeschool I got hit by the bug of reading - not via a person, but via the one-room library in our small town. I remember that the children's books were in the right-hand corner near the floor. Often when I went there, I was the only visitor. Anita Shreve libraryreadingrememberchildren My YouTube channel is kind of a library of all my issues I've lived with. To process it emotionally, it's been good and bad. Anna Akana badgoodlibraryprocess The real tragedy of the Library at Alexandria was not that the incendiaries burned immensely, but that they had neither the leisure nor the taste to discriminate. Arthur Quiller-Couch librarytragedytastereal Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do. Avi librarybirthdaynightbook For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in New Jersey. My life has always been with, around, and for books. Avi my-lifenewlibrarylife We will have a total chaos without books, literature, and library. Anne Waldman willlibrarychaosliterature I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you can hear people hanging out in the songs and doing a little shuffling. It creates a feeling of participation. Alex Ebert youlibrarymusicpeople It was 1953, and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein, and it was awful. So I rang the library and asked if they had anything else. They said they had 'Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution.' Kevin Brownlow librarysilentrevolutionschool I stumbled upon Charles White purely by chance while looking through a book 'Great Negroes, Past and Present' in the library at Forty-Ninth Street Elementary School in South-Central Los Angeles. I was in the fifth grade. Kerry James Marshall greatlibrarypastschool Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development. Alan Bennett childlibraryabusedevelopment That's Tommy, this great producer who comes in contact with people and must have a mental library of personnel who are great for this and great for that, and he brought this whole group of musicians to the project that I'd never worked with before. Al Jarreau nevergreatlibrarypeople I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my soul's delight. Nikki Grimes libraryreadingsoulbook The cultural center of Asia Minor, Pergamon boasted a vast library of 200,000 scrolls, a spectacular 10,000-seat theater, and a monumental Great Altar decorated with sculptures of the Olympian gods defeating the Giants. People came from all around the Mediterranean seeking cures at the famous Temple of Asclepius, god of medicine. Adrienne Mayor greatlibrarygodpeople«4445464748495051525354»
