(383 quotes found)
“We have entered the era of the "imperial" former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.”
Lawton Chiles
“The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or ''pure English, undefiled'' wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.”
Washington Irving
“I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.”
Willy Russell
“To make a library it takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interest alone will do If logs are few.”
Carolyn Wells
“[Tuesday's incident] was an awful thing, horrendous, ... We are really thankful the library staff was there and attentive and took the initiative to do something about this.”
Rick Clark
“If your library is not 'unsafe,' it probably isn't doing its job.”
John Berry
“[The Hillsborough County Commission probably isn't gearing up to celebrate this, but the American Library Association kicks off its Banned Books Week on Saturday with a special effort to raise awareness of attacks on gay- and lesbian-themed books, like three on this year's] 10 Most Banned ... The voices and stories of gays and lesbians cannot be silenced in our culture or on our bookshelves.”
Michael Gorman
“I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library: Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book, Red Fairy Book, and so on, probably down to the Puce or Chartreuse fairy tales.”
Beverly Cleary
“Start at once a bedside library and spend the last half hour of the day in communion with the saints of humanity.”
William Osler
“The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.”
William Penn
