Quotes: Libraries

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People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig.

Marilu Henner

American actress (born 1952)

The way we’ve been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.

Matthew Lesko

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn’t rip off.

Barbara Kingsolver

American author, poet and essayist

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

Caroline Kennedy

The justices have constitutionally protected obscenity in libraries, filth over cable television, and now unlimited internet pornography.

Phyllis Schlafly

American conservative activist (1924-2016)

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

Nicholas Meyer

American screenwriter, producer, author, and director

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.

Laura Bush

First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009

We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.

Hugo Ball

German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists

This legislation gives parents some comfort that their children won’t fall prey to child predators while using the Internet at schools and libraries that receive federal dollars for Internet services.

Judy Biggert

American politician

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