Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Without the library, I would have been lost.

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

Libraries are the backbone of our education system.

A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go if you want to sit and think. But particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books. If you want to find out about something, the information is in the reference books---the dictionaries, the encyclopedias, the atlases. If you like to be told a story, the library is the place to go.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

A library is thought in cold storage.

A library implies an act of faith.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.

I'm not a library.

One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Libraries are where it all begins.

Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition.

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

I was a librarian in a city school.

A well-run, well-stocked library with access to great books as well as the Internet is essential.

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.

Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.

To start with, look at all the books.

When in doubt, go to the library.

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.