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You see, I do not believe that libraries should
be drab places where people sit in silence, and
that is the main reason for our policy of
employing wild animals as librarians. Monty
Python Skit
Some books are to be tasted, others to be
swallowedand some few to be chewed and
digested. Francis Bacon
The current definitive answer to almost any
question can be found within the four walls of
most libraries. Arthur Ashe
There are 70 million books in American
Libraries, but the one I want is always
out. Tom Masson
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station
attendant of the mind. Richard Powers The Gold
Bug Variations
Let books be your dining table. St. Ephrem the
Syrian
I live for books. Thomas Jefferson
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I still find each day too short for all the
thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to
take, all the books I want to read, and all the
friends I want to see. John Burroughs
The world is a book and those who do not travel
read only a page. St. Augustine
The worth of a book is to be measured by what
you can carry away from it. James Bryce
The greatest university of all is a collection
of books. Thomas Carlyle
Books, like friends, should be few and well
chosen. Samuel Paterson
The paperback is very interesting but I find it
will never replace the hardcover book -- it makes
a very poor doorstop. Alfred Hitchcock
A library is not a luxury but one of the
necessities of life. Henry Ward Beecher
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A lawyer without books would be like a workman
without tools. Thomas Jefferson
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and
the fit inheritance of generations and
nations. Henry David Thoreau
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone
takes them down from a shelf and frees
them. Samuel Butler
Books are the bees which carry the quickening
pollen from one to another mind. James Russell
Lowell
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and
wit, reminders of order, calm and
continuity ... Germaine Greer
Books are humanity in print. Barbara Tuchman
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all
humanity. Vartan Gregorian
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A teacher can but lead you to the door learning
is up to you. Chinese proverb
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
those who cannot read and write, but those who
cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin
Toffler
It is the object of learning, not only to
satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of
ordinary men, but also to advance
civilization. Woodrow Wilson
Learning is like rowing upstream not to advance
is to drop back. Chinese proverb
Learning which does not advance each day will
daily decrease. Chinese proverb
Even if one studies to an old age, one will
never finish learning. Chinese proverb
Gold has a price, but learning is
priceless. Chinese proverb