Quotes tagged ‘Libraries’

“Libraries are the kinds of places where people with different backgrounds, passions and interests can take part in a living democratic culture.”

— Eric Klinenberg, nytimes.com

“A deserted library in the morning—there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting quietly.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“My whole life, whatever has been happening, wherever I’ve been in the world, I’ve walked into a library and, at least for that moment, everything has been OK.”

— Kerry Hudson, the-pool.com

“Books are like seeds: they come to life when you read them & grow spines & leaves. I need trees around me as I need books around me, so building bookshelves is something like planting trees.”

— Roger Deakin, amazon.com

“Libraries are time-machines. Libraries are wildwoods. Libraries are galaxies. Libraries are magic portals into learning & dreaming. Libraries are vital for social mobility.”

— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com

“You know, the library is kind of a cool place when it's closed.”

— Larry Charles, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp, the one that says ‘New York Public Library’? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before: Flashy, making the scene,…”

— Larry Charles, Lieutenant Bookman, the "Library Cop", Philip Baker Hall, imdb.com

“It's all a bunch of cheapskates in there anyway. People sitting around reading the newspaper attached to huge wooden sticks. Trying to save a quarter, ooh.”

— Larry Charles, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“Book sales are important because that’s how writers try to make a living. But no one can or should buy every book. Libraries are vital.”

— Roxane Gay, twitter.com

“Throughout the years I’ve had many careers, but even when I was working a million jobs to make ends meet, I always made time to write and haunt the library — I could not stop doing either.”

— Warren Adler, pickthebrain.com

“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”

— Neil Gaiman, youtube.com

“Literature, rhetoric & criticism American literature in English English & Old English literatures German & related literatures French & related literatures Italian, Romanian, & related literatures Spanish, Portuguese, Galician literatures Latin & Italic literatures Classical & modern Greek literatur…”

— Melvil Dewey, en.wikipedia.org

“Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”

— Sarah J. Maas, amazon.com

“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.”

— Joan Bauer, amazon.com

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

— Jane Austen, amazon.com

“Not very long ago, an encyclopedia salesman stopped by America's oldest library building, which is the lovely Sturgis Library in Barnstable Village, on Cape Cod's north shore.”

— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com

“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com