Carl Sagan Quotes

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

Libraries really are the gates to the 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.

Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually.

I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

Libraries are community treasure chests, loaded with a wealth of information available to everyone equally, and the key to that treasure chest is the library card. I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

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.

If you do not value libraries then you do not value information or culture or wisdom. You are silencing the voices of the past and you are damaging 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.

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'm grateful that I've enjoyed the support of libraries, bookshops and institutional funders.

… schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.

Whatever the cost of our libraries is, it is cheap compared to the cost of an ignorant nation.

Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.

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 the pride of the city.

A library is a path to the future--find yours there.

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

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

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.

I cannot overstate the power of libraries in my life.

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.