Libraries Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old libraries quotes, libraries sayings, and libraries proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books. Carlos Maria Dominguez
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury
Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. Anne Herbert
The most important asset of any library goes home at night-the library staff. Timothy Healy
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Saul Bellow
I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card. Laura Bush
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. Norman Cousins
I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure. Virginia Woolf
Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better. Sidney Sheldon
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Henry Ward Beecher
Libraries raised me. Ray Bradbury
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
Libraries are our friends. Neil Gaiman
What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education. Harold Howe
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. Alan M. Dershowitz
The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. Alberto Manguel
Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone. Alberto Manguel
The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. Alberto Manguel
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long. Alberto Manguel
Libraries are the future of reading. Courtney Milan
Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds. Richard Armour
Libraries are not made; they grow. Augustine BIRRELL
My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. Joan Bauer
Your library is your paradise. Desiderius Erasmus
Great libraries have always looked to both the future and the past. Laura Shapiro
If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks. Wendell H. Ford
In the library, one often finds people close their mouths and open their minds! unknown
A great library contains the diary of the human race. George Mercer Dawson
A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone. Jo Godwin
Libraries were full of ideas perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons. Sarah J. Maas