Quotes about Librarian

My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian. Votes: 4

The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant. Votes: 4

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved. Votes: 4

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth. Votes: 4

Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act. Votes: 4

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. Votes: 4

Librarian of Congress: It's a librarian's dream. Votes: 3

Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. Votes: 3

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon. Votes: 3

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell. Votes: 3

Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat. Votes: 3

Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge. Votes: 3

The Librarian liked being best man. You were allowed to kiss bridesmaids, and they weren't allowed to run away. Votes: 3

Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality. Votes: 3

He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless. Votes: 3

Librarians who are arguing and lobbying for clever e-book lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending the library-as-warehouse concept, as opposed to fighting for the future, which is librarian as producer, concierge, connector, teacher, and impresario. Votes: 3

The Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the other hand, was practical. You knew where you were with kindness, especially if you were holding a pie it had just given you. Votes: 3

Libraries are our friends. Votes: 2

What can I say? Librarians rule. Votes: 2

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Votes: 2

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library. Votes: 2

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Votes: 2

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. Votes: 2

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. Votes: 2

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. Votes: 2

In addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything. Votes: 2

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one. Votes: 2

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk. Votes: 2

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. Votes: 2

Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. Votes: 2

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. Votes: 2

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets Votes: 2

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. Votes: 2

I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read. Votes: 2

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done. Votes: 2

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian. Votes: 2

What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material. Votes: 2

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. Votes: 2

I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us, and there weren't any at that time. Votes: 2

I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything that ever happened, I kept. I'm not a hoarder, though. I'm sort of a librarian. Votes: 2

A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement. Votes: 2

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry Votes: 2

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. Votes: 2

It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. Votes: 2

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open. Votes: 2

My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum's work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors. Votes: 2

I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it. Votes: 2

I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian. I made card files. I had origin stories of all the characters, and cross-referenced when they appeared in other comic books. I was full on. Votes: 2

When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this by people like me is her very job. Votes: 2

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me - in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve. Votes: 2

I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her childhood - E. Nesbit and Dickens, which isn't children's literature at all, but I was sort of steeped in English literature. I thought I was of that world. Votes: 2

I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another. Votes: 2

My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After that my favourites changed almost yearly. I loved everything by Roald Dahl, but my favourite was probably 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' A librarian gave me a first edition of that book, which I treasure. Votes: 2

Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy. Votes: 2

My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky. Votes: 2

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library. Votes: 2

Everybody should have a librarian. Votes: 0

I'm a librarian, not an oracle. Votes: 0

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian. Votes: 0

I'm a born librarian with a sex drive Votes: 0

One can never had too many librarian friends. Votes: 0

One can never have too many librarian friends. Votes: 0

Never argue with a librarian; they know too much. Votes: 0

Of course. Ask your librarian. Always the right answer. Votes: 0

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian. Votes: 0

Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased. Votes: 0

The mind's cross indexing puts the best librarian to shame. Votes: 0

I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. "Extreme librarian. Bookaneer. Votes: 0

In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste. Votes: 0

I am proud of what I am. I am - a librarian. Votes: 0

There's something darn funny about an old librarian with a potty mouth. Votes: 0

I thought I'd be a librarian until I met some crazy ones. Votes: 0

So you're a librarian."His eyes shifted back and forth."I prefer loremaster. Votes: 0

the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill. Votes: 0

I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything. Votes: 0

Goat curry and a female librarian, that's what I'm in the mood for. Votes: 0

Mom worked as a school librarian, and she felt summers were for education. Votes: 0

Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize. Votes: 0

Any librarian or scholar will tell you: Close is not the same as accurate. Votes: 0

If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. Votes: 0

I admire Laura Bush because she's the only librarian who would marry an illiterate. Votes: 0

You get all sorts of people in the library, and the librarian gets it all... Votes: 0

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian. Votes: 0

Impersonating a quiet, gentle librarian like Barbara Gordon--You deserve to be taken out of circulation! Votes: 0

Pulverized by literature,' thought Miss Laburnum. 'The ideal way for a librarian to die. Votes: 0

On a good day, my style is librarian chic. On a bad day, it's frumpy mother. Votes: 0

After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader. Votes: 0

I live between fantasy and reality at all times. In that way, I’m a librarian. Votes: 0

Do I have to talk to insane people?""You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory. Votes: 0

I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't give you the answers. Votes: 0

Lady Queen," he said, "You've given me all I want. You're the queen a librarian dreams of. Votes: 0

I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn't perceive my passion for books. Votes: 0

Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about. Votes: 0

Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian. Votes: 0

Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian. Votes: 0

Why do prostitutes when they get straight always try and get so prim? It's like long-repressed librarian-ambitions come flooding out. Votes: 0

You can take the girl out of the library, but you can't take the neurotic, compulsively curious librarian out of the girl. Votes: 0

I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them. Votes: 0

Like a good American, I wanted to sue somebody. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. Votes: 0

Not me, of course, as I am now officially a spinster librarian and must stay home with my cat and drink tea. Votes: 0

If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others! Votes: 0

I step straight toward the female librarian. She looks soft, as if she's been raised in a box and purely milk-fed, like veal. Votes: 0

The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is? Votes: 0

Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the cocktail in the other. Votes: 0

...knowing that to be a librarian was to come as close as any human being can to sitting in the peak-seat of eternity's engine. Votes: 0

Knowledge was power, but a good librarian did not hoard the gift. She taught others how to find, where to look, how to see. Votes: 0

I am a woman of theatre, I'm a librarian of theatre and I love all different kinds of music and all different kinds of expressions. Votes: 0

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust. Votes: 0

The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character. Votes: 0

Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book. Votes: 0

My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I was English. Votes: 0

As a librarian for 18 years at the Merck branch of the Trenton Public Library, I was sorely tested by the slow-witted and obtuse among the citizenry Votes: 0

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery. Votes: 0

To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change agent within your community. Votes: 0

You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door. Votes: 0

In the last century, I earned my living as a librarian, and I loved it. I'd have to take some classes to get up to speed with 21st-century librarianship. Votes: 0

That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner. Votes: 0

[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she loves children and children's literature. Votes: 0

In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian. Votes: 0

I found the idea of being a librarian very appealing--working in a place where people had to whisper and only speak when necessary. If only the world were like that! Votes: 0

Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just goes to show that librarians were destined to rule the Web. Votes: 0

She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom. Votes: 0

For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in New Jersey. My life has always been with, around, and for books. Votes: 0

The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise au point) of the book as a vital function. Votes: 0

And Sarah still looked like the sexiest librarian on earth, which is as those of you who frequent libraries know means very sexy indeed, but with that added owlish touch that drives you wild. Votes: 0

Banks aren't neutral observers, they're ... the people who caused the mess. It's like someone who's wet themselves in a public building insisting they choose which mop the librarian fetches to clear up the puddle. Votes: 0

It's still National Library Week. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. Sometime this week, anyway. Probably the librarians would like tea. Or chocolates. Or a reliable source of funding. Votes: 0

I was 13 and my mom was a librarian so I told her to check out every music book she could possibly find. I wanted to know the business part of being in the music business. Votes: 0

Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. And what is that? I... am a librarian. Votes: 0

When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books. Votes: 0

The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts. Votes: 0

My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her. Votes: 0

My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor. Votes: 0

I don't want to end up a bureaucrat in the time-management business for God or a librarian cataloguing timeless truths. Salvation is kicking in the womb of creation right now, any time now. Pay attention. Votes: 0