#libra

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#libraries #past #without

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#history #librarians #past #past history #people

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#books #bookstore #branch #chain #city

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library. ↗

— Laura Bush

#american #child #every #library #school

The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#dangerous #fog #laboratories #lecture #libraries

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out. ↗

— Joan Collins

#book #career #charge #dynasty #library

Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books. ↗

— John Dingell

#books #burning #destruction #ever #having

In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming out and new ideas being discussed. But these new books and ideas don't reach Africa and we are being left behind. ↗

— George Weah

#america #behind #being #books #coming

I have loved this disaster of a library since I was old enough to read. ↗

— Eleanor Brown

#reading #love

Most people either love or hate old libraries. To some, a room like this--dim, high-ceilinged, dusty, smelling of old paper and crumbling leather--would be oppressive, a place to flee from in search of sun and air. To others, like me, it was a wonderful cave filled with unimaginable treasures and unexpected treats. I always found myself inhaling deeply when I entered the stacks, as if trying to absorb part of them into my bloodstream. ↗

— Sheila Connolly

#love