20 inspired quotes about libraries

1. Stuttgart Public Library by Jwltr Freiburg on Flickr
―The truth is libraries are raucous
clubhouses for free
speech, controversy and
community.‖
–Paula Poundstone

2. “I have always imagined that Paradise
will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

3. ―Without libraries what have we?
We have no past and no future.‖

4. ―The medicine chest of the soul.‖
— Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes.
"Library of Parliament Reading Room" by Alejandro Erickson

5. ―In the nonstop tsunami of global information,
librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.‖
–Linton Weeks
"Stockholm Public Library" by Samantha Marx on Flickr

6. ―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
"Library Of Congress Great Hall-TBP" by Tony Brooks on Flickr

7. "Biblioteca José Vasconcelos / Vasconcelos Library" by * CliNKer * on Flickr
―A library is a house of hope. It's a place
where we all, whatever our situation, can
feed our ideas and develop our dreams.‖
– Doug Wilhelm

8. "Ann Arbor Library - Pittsfield Branch" by Jim Howe on Flickr
―Google can bring you back 100,000
answers, a librarian can bring you
back the right one.‖
—Neil Gaiman

9. ―To read is to empower
To empower is to write
To write is to influence
To influence is to change
To change is to live.‖
– Jane Evershed
"Stacks in the NYC Public Library" by Tammy Friesen from Flickr

10. ―You must live feverishly in a library. Colleges
are not going to do any good unless you are
raised and live in a library everyday of your life. ‖
—Ray Bradbury
"Books at library" by Håkan Dahlström on Flickr

11. ―Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best
friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.‖
— Groucho Marx
"A world of books” Picton Reading Room, Liverpool Central Library. by Beverley Goodwin in Flickr

12. "Nova Scotia Legislative Library, Province House, Halifax" by Charles Hoffman from Flickr
―My guess is it’ll be about 300 years until computers are
as good as, say, your local reference library in search.‖
– Craig Silverstein. Director of Technology, Google.

13. "Klementium Library" by Chris Bartle on Flickr
―My Alma mater was books, a good
library... I could spend the rest of my life
reading, just satisfying my curiosity.‖
—Malcolm X

14. ―The library is the temple of learning,
and learning has liberated more people
than all the wars in history.‖
– Carl Rowan
"The British Library" by Steve Cadman on Flickr

15. ―The closest thing we will ever come to
an orderly universe is a good library.‖
—Ashleigh Brilliant
"Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library" by Lauren Manning on Flickr

16. "Dartmouth Library" by Ben Stephenson on Flickr
―There is more treasure in
books than in all the pirate's
loot on Treasure Island.‖
– Walt Disney

17. ―Information is the currency of democracy.‖
— Thomas Jefferson
"The JB Priestley Library" by Neil Turner

18. ―When the going gets
tough, the tough get a
librarian.‖
–Joan Bauer
"New York City, New York Public Library NYPL, Stephen A. Schwarzman
Building, 1897-1911 : " Rose Main reading Room "" by (vincent desjardins) from
Flickr

19. ―Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most
dangerous and powerful of all weapons.‖
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
"Liverpool Central library" by Beverley Goodwin on Flickr

20. "Library of Congress Reading Room Dome" by Tony Brooks on Flickr
―I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more
people need to start spending as much time in
the library as they do on the basketball court.‖
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

21. Celebrate

22. National Library Week
April 13-19, 2014

23. Libraries
50 years

24. Our inaugural
Henry & Rhoda Sandler
Memorial Audiovisual Prize