Library Quotes - page 18

Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little chance operation sometimes where I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous. Library roulette, I call it. (Jenny Offill)
I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan requests to get the compilation of his BBC radio pieces. I had to get everything he ever wrote. View quote
Jill Lepore
That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings. View quote
Jim Woodring
Simply as a writer of books I'm thrilled and proud that Seattle should have raised, on a public vote, sufficient money to build a central library, and moreover to rebuild every other library in the city: 28 of them. View quote
Jonathan Raban
The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able to purchase expensive publications on those subjects. View quote
Joseph Lancaster
Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick. View quote
Kate Mosse
As a kid, I lived almost entirely inside books, and eventually the books started returning the favor. A lot of my internal world feels like an anthology, or a library. It's eclectic and disorganized, but I can browse in it, and that hugely shapes both what and how I write. View quote
Kathryn Schulz
I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be nice to have a bigger library. View quote
Leo Kottke
It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library. View quote
Lorrie Moore
How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering. View quote
Louis Kahn
I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future. (Luke Mably)
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. View quote
Lynda Barry
There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end up picking up the book next to the one you were looking for, and it's that book that changes your life. View quote
Laura Lippman
When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of books. I was getting frustrated, because I liked to read. My mother went to the library and got me a copy of 'The Other Side of Midnight' by Sidney Sheldon. It was my first adult book. View quote
Lauren DeStefano
I took to the Bodleian Library as to a lover and ... would sit long hours in Bodley's arms, to emerge, blinking and dazed with the smell and feel of all those books. View quote
Laurie R. King
The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas. View quote
Maira Kalman
Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever. View quote
Malcolm Turnbull
A family living at the poverty level is unlikely to be able to afford a computer at home. Even with a computer, access to the Internet is another significant expense. A child might borrow a book from a public library; but it is not possible to take a computer home. View quote
Margaret Geller
An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository. View quote
Marian Seldes
The web can be a fast trip to the library, giving you immediate access to a government report, or it can filter media for you, which is why I look at around 15- 20 of these sites every day. View quote
Ben Schott
If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books. (Ben Schott)
I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad's name was on it. View quote
Jamie Johnson
My music library has about every genre of music possible. I've really gotten into Ray LaMontagne, He makes amazing music, so I listen to him, and he's a great artist. View quote
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as 'religious.' View quote
John Drane
My stepfather introduced me to The London Library when I was about 18; the clientele has definitely changed since then, but it is still a wonderful oasis in the middle of London. View quote
Natascha McElhone