Herbert Samuel Quotes

A library implies an act of faith.

I'm not a library.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

I was a librarian in a city school.

We will have a total chaos without books, literature, and library.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

While most of the world's information is beginning to be stored electronically, most of the world's expertise still resides in books.

Libraries are the backbone of our education system.

Without the library, I would have been lost.

I love libraries, as anyone who has a brain does.

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

In Liverpool, where I live, we have a brilliant library which has been refurbished, and I like going there.

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.

To start with, look at all the books.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.

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