Libraries And Librarians Quotes - Page 2

• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.

  Matthew Kelly

  Prayer, Book, Reading

  Matthew Kelly (2003). “Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star”, p.243, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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• Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.

  Willard Scott

  Teacher, Book, Reading

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• Never lend books, for no one ever returns them

  Anatole France

  Book, Reading, Library

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• If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

  John F. Kennedy

  Wise, Strong, Book

  Saturday Review, p. 44, October 29, 1960.

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• Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

  Patrick Ness

  Book, Reading, Thought Provoking

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• When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

  Erma Bombeck

  Naps, Tough Times, Chocolate

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• When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

  Isaac Asimov

  Ignorance, Cutting, Science

  Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.54, Bantam

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• Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Success, Congratulations, Book

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• Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Life Changing, Imagination, Inspire

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• Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Lying, Book, Thinking

  Remarks at Dartmouth College Commencement, Hanover, N.H., 14 June 1953

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• When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

  Reading, Library, Steps

  "O" Magazine, December 2003.

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• When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Sleep, Naps, Tough Times

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• Don't join the book burners!

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Book, Library, Censorship

  Remarks at Dartmouth College Commencement, Hanover, N.H., 14 June 1953

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• Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

  Richard Armour

  Voice, People, Mind

  Richard Armour (1961). “A Safari Into Satire”

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• To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Book, Giving, House

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• Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries.

  Carl Sagan

  Support, Library, Librarian

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.307, Ballantine Books

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• The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

  Carl T. Rowan

  Education, War, Book

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• When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Drinking, Naps, Tough Times

  FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Jan 01, 2014

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• Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

  Frederick Douglass

  Reading, Book, Forever

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• A house without books is like a room without windows.

  Horace Mann

  Life, Happiness, Attitude

  "The Duty of Owning Books". Book by Horace Mann, 1859.

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• Libraries are not made, they grow.

  Augustine Birrell

  History, Library, Librarian

  Augustine Birrell (1899). “Collected Essays”

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• If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

  Frank Zappa

  Funny, Education, Sex

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• We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

  John Lubbock

  Travel, Book, Library

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• The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Education

  Mark Twain (2015). “The Prince and the Pauper (StoneHenge Classics)”, p.154, StoneHenge Classics

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• I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

  Laura Bush

  Book, Reading, Thought Provoking

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