#librarians

In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste. ↗

— Marilyn Johnson

#librarians

They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves. ↗

— Marilyn Johnson

#men

To be great at something, you must look to the great ones of the past and improve on the ideas and techniques that they started. I was motivated to do better—to improve on the ideas of others. ↗

— Scott Douglas

#library #library-books #quiet-please #motivational

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim. ↗

— Linton Weeks

#libraries #washington-post #information

Books are only half our job ; the other half is human nature. ↗

— Mary Virginia Provines

#human-nature #job #librarians #library #people

She's right, of course. My mother usually is. She's a librarian. ↗

— Heather Vogel Frederick

#much-ado-about-anne #librarians

...killing rats wasn’t in my job description. ↗

— Scott Douglas

#library #quiet-please #description

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#librarians

Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about. ↗

— Gary D. Schmidt

#librarians

Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink. ↗

— Barbara Pym

#librarians