Quotes by Library They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our stories in locked rare book libraries / our dances on film / The only part of us they can't steal / is what we know. Chrystos library museums book I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some free information that will enrich your life. Read it on your own time. I trust that you will bring it back when you are finished.' It might be the most civilized, forward-thinking institution in America. Perhaps the only one, in fact. Chuck Klosterman library america thinking they should let some people into the library by prescription only Chuck Palahniuk library should people I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time. Claire Danes library suggestions book That's exactly how I want you to feel. When you finish this book, I want you to be filled with curiosity. I want you to say, “I have to find out what happens next,” and then I want you to head to your nearest library or bookstore to pick up a copy of Wuthering Heights. Clare B. Dunkle library curiosity book Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there. Clare Boothe Luce library government home I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing. Clarence Thomas library dream country Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper. Clifford Stoll library data fifty I was always looking ahead. I used to do all kinds of things for entertainment. When I was young, we had no radio, no TV. We were 30 miles from the public library, out in the sticks in Western Kansas, and so I'd do arithmetic exercises. Clyde Tombaugh library kansas exercise President Obama has decided that he wants his presidential library to be in Chicago, not Hawaii. Today Hawaii's governor said, 'Great, who's going to want to come to Hawaii now?' Conan O'Brien library presidential chicago I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged. Concha Buika library black class One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'. Connie Willis library trends years And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts. Cornelia Funke library father book On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached. Craig Thompson library kids firsts To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. Dan Brown library touching book The library is what keeps us a step ahead of the apes. Dana Stabenow library apes steps A scholar is just a library's way of making another library. Daniel Dennett library way knowledge Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. In my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrit9. Daniel Handler library reading believe The sea is nothing but a library of all the tears in history. Daniel Handler library tears sea There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. Daniel Handler library reader kind «4567891011121314»
