Neil Gaiman Quotes

Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn't allow that torch to be extinguished.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

A library implies an act of faith.

The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support out libraries.

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

Without the library, you have no civilization.

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?

Libraries do one thing that no other institution does and that's provide access to all.

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.

Libraries were full of ideas-perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.

A library is thought in cold storage.

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

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

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists.

The people will perish if their scholars pass away.