Librarian Quotes - Page 5

• The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.

  Melvil Dewey

  Triumphant, Militancy, Militant

  "The Relation of the State to the Public Library" by Melvil Dewey, 1889.

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• My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me - in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve.

  Joseph Howe

  Book, Library, World

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• My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian.

  Paulina Porizkova

  Thinking, My Boyfriend, Calling

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• When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

  Nora Roberts

  Naps, Tough Times, Chocolate

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• The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.

  Kristan Higgins

  Character, Warrior, Jumping

  "Character Pitfalls" by Kristan Higgins, www.savethecat.com. March 28, 2014.

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• Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends of a tribe: dream keepers.

  James H. Billington

  Dream, Special, Legends

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• In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Tough Times, Waste, Terrible

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Running, Father, Book

  Jorge Luis Borges (2013). “Jorge Luis Borges: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations”, p.101, Melville House

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• The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than the date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, Space, Silence

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)”, p.187, Random House

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• The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Children, Eye, Men

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• Even now, she wished she could write a note, push it across the table, and go away to her room. But she was no longer a Second Assistant Librarian of the Great Library of the Clayr. Those days were gone, vanished with everything else that had defined her previous existence and identity.

  Garth Nix

  Writing, Going Away, Library

  Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.300, Hot Key Books

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• At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities as parents, as librarians, as educators, as politicians, and as citizens to instill in our children a love of reading so that we can give them a chance to fulfill their dreams.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Children, Reading

  "We Compared Obama’s Words To Trump’s And The Result Will Make You Sad" by Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2016.

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• Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.

  Beverly Cleary

  Teacher, Book, Helping

  Source: inkandescentpr.com

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• Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill.

  Ray Bradbury

  Teacher, Inspire

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• Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

  Joan Bauer

  Know How, Knows

  Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.101, Penguin

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• That's what librarians do. They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if you don’t even know where to begin to look.

  Patrick Ness

  Looks, Useless, World

  "Patrick Ness slams library cuts". www.theguardian.com. June 23, 2011.

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• You get all sorts of people in the library, and the librarian gets it all.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Library

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• I admire Laura Bush because she's the only librarian who would marry an illiterate.

  Hal Sparks

  Laura, Admire, Illiterate

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• Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality.

  Elizabeth McCracken

  Car, People, Personality

  Elizabeth McCracken (2013). “The Giant's House”, p.7, Random House

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• I mean, these are really dedicated people [in Lovecraft Society] when it comes to [h.P.] Lovecraft. But in the top floor of the John Hay Library, you have all of Lovecraft's archives. And messing around in there, I noticed, I said, what are these paintings? And the librarian told me, "Well, those are Pickman's paintings." I said, "I thought this was like something he made up, like The Necronomicon, that kind of stuff." And he said no, that the guy actually existed.

  Paul Laffoley

  Mean, People, Guy

  Source: www.paranoiamagazine.com

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• The librarians know the secrets, not the historians

  Dee Brown

  Book, Secret, Library

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• Librarians are more important than ever before ... are uniquely qualified to help all of us separate the digital wheat from the chaff, to help us understand the reliability of the data we encounter.

  Daniel Levitin

  Data, Important, Encounters

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• It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle.

  Sutton E. Griggs

  Book, Reading, Knowledge

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• You must overcome any shyness and have a conversation with the librarian, because he can offer you reliable advice that will save you much time. You must consider that the librarian (if not overworked or neurotic) is happy when he can demonstrate two things: the quality of his memory and erudition and the richness of his library, especially if it is small. The more isolated and disregarded the library, the more the librarian is consumed with sorrow for its underestimation. A person who asks for help makes the librarian happy.

  Umberto Eco

  Memories, Two, Advice

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• If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others!

  S. R. Ranganathan

  Inspirational, Learning, Library

  S. R. Ranganathan (2006). “The Five Laws of Library Science”, Ess Ess Publications

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