Libraries were full of ideas-perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons. Votes: 3
Sarah J. MaasLibraries are places that house our dreams, our fantasies, our thirst for adventure. Votes: 3
Nicholas SparksLibraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth. Votes: 3
Madeleine AlbrightLibraries are the vessels in which the seed corn for the future is stored. Votes: 3
Dorothy Canfield FisherLibraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all. Votes: 3
LeVar BurtonLibraries can be of indispensable service in lifting the dead weight of poverty and ignorance. Votes: 3
Francis KeppelLibraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds. Votes: 3
Richard Armour...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. Votes: 3
Arthur AsheLibraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information. Votes: 3
Barack ObamaLibraries are always bigger on the inside because every book has an entire word inside of it. Votes: 3
Robert ArgerController Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax. Votes: 3
Diana Wynne JonesLearning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Votes: 2
Josh BillingsWe pore through libraries, dissecting the classics" Henry Sturges- vampire Votes: 0
Seth Grahame-SmithOrdinary performers have giant TVs. Extraordinary performers have huge libraries. Votes: 0
Robin SharmaSchool libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries. Votes: 0
Laurie Halse AndersonPlaces of incredible glamour, possibility, power, excitement and pleasure. Love your libraries! Votes: 0
Stephen FryFilm, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries. Votes: 0
David StrathairnThe truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Votes: 0
Paula PoundstoneCloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone. Votes: 0
Alan BennettBoys like him didn't die; they got bronzed and installed outside public libraries. Votes: 0
Maggie StiefvaterI'm grateful that I've enjoyed the support of libraries, bookshops and institutional funders. Votes: 0
Sara SheridanIf you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities. Votes: 0
Richard M. DaleyIn my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future. Votes: 0
Bill GatesI've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiIn addition to that, Mono has produced a very large set of extra libraries. Votes: 0
Miguel de IcazaThe pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. Votes: 0
Art ModellThe way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame. Votes: 0
Matthew LeskoExisting libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power. Votes: 0
Alberto ManguelDeserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence. Votes: 0
Alberto ManguelI've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now. Votes: 0
Matthew LeskoSeventy million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out. Votes: 0
Thomas Lansing MassonI discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books. Votes: 0
Mark BillinghamAs a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain. Votes: 0
Jill AbramsonI am a bookworm. For play, I bury myself in the corners of libraries and read. Votes: 0
Robert LittellI learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries. Votes: 0
Douglas BrinkleyBars are closed on Election Day so people won't vote under the influence. Why are libraries closed? Votes: 0
Arthur D. HlavatyThe age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. Votes: 0
Ada Louise HuxtableA lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France. Votes: 0
Quentin BlakeRich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Votes: 0
Zig ZiglarFor me, closing libraries is the equivalent of eating your seed corn to save a little money. Votes: 0
Neil GaimanWhatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Votes: 0
Walter CronkiteShared libraries are the work of the devil, the one true sign that the apocalypse is at hand. Votes: 0
Tom DuffHad I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land, as the sower sows his wheat-field. Votes: 0
Horace MannFor I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world. Votes: 0
Christopher SmartMy grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. Votes: 0
Joan BauerWhy may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries? Votes: 0
William JamesShe sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people. Votes: 0
Catherynne M. ValenteThere is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the libraries of the House of Commons. Votes: 0
Henry ChannonPrior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. Votes: 1 Karin Slaughter
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Votes: 3 Ray Bradbury
Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library. Votes: 4 Katherine Paterson
Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library. Votes: 4 Katherine Paterson
In 2002, Google began an ambitious project to digitize every book in the world. It was intended as a search project: type in a query, and Google would show you snippets. They asked university libraries for books, which they would scan for free. At Harvard we didn't permit them to take works under copyright, but other libraries gave them everything. Votes: 3 Robert Darnton
To this day, my mom's unsinkable spirit is an inspiration to me. For nearly thirty years, she's worked at the Library of Congress. Everyone knows Sameha simply as 'Sami.' Along with 500 miles of shelved books, her closest friendships are cataloged in that library. They are as much the value of work to my mom as is the work itself. Votes: 2 Hoda Kotb