John Jakes Quotes

I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has liberally provided a way in which every town may have a collection of books free to all. So successfully has the enactment been carried out that only three per cent of the State’s population is unprovided with a free public library, and this remnant will soon be favored with its public stock of standard books.

I got my first library card, for Hendon Library in north London, when I was two years old.

Support your libraries... or else!

As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.

A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am passionate about the role of libraries, both in schools and in the wider community. They are unique places where children can begin their journey as readers, as well as being creative hubs.

The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.

What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship.

More people should use their library.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I have a passion for libraries. They are potentially real community centers.

I don't want to see libraries close; I want to find local solutions that will make them sustainable.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library.

I take every opportunity I can to speak to librarians.

Andrew Carnegie loved libraries; he knew their importance to an educated society and as anchors to our communities. And so, just as some loyal baseball fans travel to attend games at all 30 major league stadiums, over the last decade or so, I have slowly, casually, visited Carnegie libraries whenever I am on the road.

It’s indisputable that people use libraries to commit crimes because they think they can conceal their identity.

Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy.

I suggest school buses make stops at local libraries so that children who do not have resources like books at home can get access.

Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them.

What can I say? Librarians rule.

Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important. (Also, libraries are not child-care facilities, but sometimes feral children raise themselves among the stacks.)

I wanted to be a librarian from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are being taken to the local library. I ended up working as a bookseller. Becoming a writer was the logical offshoot of being a reader.

There is no frigate like a book and no harbor like a library, where those who love books but can't afford their own complete collections, or those who need a computer, or kids who need a safe place to read after school, or moms with toddlers who want their babies to learn to read, can all come together and share in a great community resource.