“I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my school, but most of it was backed by other ways of learning - chiefly in the books I obtained in the public library.” WayBookSchoolReadingWrittenLibraryWideVarietyTopicsLibrarianBook ReadingPublic Library Author:Isaac Asimov
“But the feeling I have, you know, is that I'll never come close to reading all, or even a thousandth- a billionth- of the books I'd probably love if I ever got to them.” IfsKnowsBookFeelingsReading Author:Dave Barry
“The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.” WayFilmTheaterSellsSpotsVenues Author:Omar Epps
“I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart. It is the place where stories live. And those stories have been informing my days, comforting my nights, and extending possibilities ever since. If that library had not been there, if the books - such as they were - had not been free, my world would be poor, even today.” IfsWorldHeartHas BeensBookStoriesWould BeTodayNightPoorPossibilityGrewMy HeartGrew UpTownsLibrarySmall TownComfortingExtendingInforming Author:Marion Dane Bauer
“The computer can help us find what we know is there. But the book remains our symbol and our resource for the unimagined question and the unwelcome answer.” KnowsBookHelpingAnswersComputerResourcesRemainsSymbolsUnwelcome Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually the Miserere mei of Psalm 51.” BookEnoughReadingBenefitsSavedNecksVersesClergyPsalmsFelonsReading Aloud Author:William Hazlitt
“We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have engaged in terroristic acts? I challenge you to name one...Do we need to wait until our cities lie in smoking ruins before we wake up to the fact that a first-class public library is a vital link in national defense?” NeedsFirstsBookWarFactsLyingNamesWaitingChallengesCitiesClassReaderMajorsToolsWake UpLibraryTerrorDefenseRuinsEngagedSmokingLinksFirst ClassPublic LibraryNational DefenseEnglish Major Author:Garrison Keillor
“Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. Months passed without even thinking about being imprisoned....I had never been so truly free in my life.” ThinkingBookMonthsTenTornWardens Author:Malcolm X
“And this is our time-keeper, with a passion for percussion” InspirationPassionOur TimeKeepersPercussion Author:Leonard Cohen