Sara Sheridan Quotes

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

The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.

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

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.

The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

Back when people couldn't read, other people would take newspapers and turn them into theater so that people would know what was going on in the world. That is a powerful thing.

My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.

The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity.

As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.

I am a big advocate of the role of the bookstore in the community.

I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money.

I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education.

Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries.

Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents.

The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.

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

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me.

The biggest invention of modern time is the book. The book is a digital medium; book text is written in a different form and replicable. What it really does is it allows us to replicate cultural information, scientific technology, and information out of the human brain.

I would say that the money that was invested in me by Warwickshire Education Authority, which they did for five years, has been repaid a hundred times over. I have paid a lot more back to them in tax than they paid in support to me, but they helped me on my way - they launched me; they got me going.

If you think about it, the printing press allowed everyone to print books - it democratised the printing of information. For the first time, we could all print.

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

We wanted to celebrate the 'Dangerous Deception' release by letting everyone experience the thrill of sharing a book with a reader who wouldn't otherwise have one.