(383 quotes found)
“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose”
George Carlin
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
Jo Godwin
“With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.”
Doris Lessing
“A library implies an act of faith”
Victor Hugo
“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.”
Carl T. Rowan
“A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.”
Norman Cousins
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“Every library is an arsenal”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.”
Nicholas Meyer
