Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes About Libraries

Quotes about: Libraries

• Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their libraries open in the evening.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  People, Library, Tiny

• A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Book, Reading, Library

• [The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Science, Library, Multimedia

• [The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.
  [Referring to the diverse holdings of the library, including motion pictures, photographs, recordings, posters and other historic objects which collectively far outnumber the books]

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Book, Science, Library

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