Famous Librarians Quotes & Sayings

...luck is not to be coerced. — Albert Camus

And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. — Kurt Vonnegut

Man has been adjudged a social animal. — Frances Wright

Sometimes," she said, "it seems to me there's just these certain types of people that come around and around in our lives, know what I mean? Easy types and hard types; we run into them over and over. — Anne Tyler

I bet those boys bit their way out of the womb," Andy whispers. — Stacey Lee

Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy stifled a laugh. "Actually he's more like a great-great- ... Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother."
"Thanks." Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel. — Rick Riordan

If the intent is right, why waste time thinking about the consequences. — Sapan Saxena

I'm not going anywhere, Noel." "You are, and it's okay. Just ... I need you to take me with you. — Rainbow Rowell

For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information in your neighborhood? Librarians. And they're famous for having no power at all. And who has the most power in your community? Politicians. And they're notorious for being ill-informed. — Clifford Stoll

Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. — Tom Hodgkinson

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth. — Sophocles

Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. And then she did something that surprised me even more. Shd kissed me. "Br careful Seaweed Brain." she put her cap back on and vanished. I probably would have sst there fir the rest of the day, staring at the lava and trying to remember what my name was. — Rick Riordan

People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way. — Frederick Buechner

I have no fear of killing those who deserve to die. I do not choose to kill those who do not. — Christie Golden

We all learn how to do something eventually. First, we fall down. Then we get up. We fall down yet again, and then we get up. And then we succeed. — Sydney Wilhelmy

I believe if every K-12 kid or college student was taught math with Mathematica far more of them would becomes scientists and engineers. — Anonymous