Library Cards Quotes

• When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Reading, Book, Library

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• When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

  John Goodman

  Kids, Keys, Library

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• I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

  Laura Bush

  Book, Reading, Thought Provoking

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• A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure.

  Lilian Jackson Braun

  Adventure, Kids, Library

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• The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

  E. L. Doctorow

  Giving, Important, Library

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• A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Library, Cards, Thousand

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• With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.

  Bill Gates

  Opportunity, Hands, Library

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• Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Library, Cards, Citizenship

  Oprah Winfrey, Janet Lowe (1998). “Oprah Winfrey speaks: insight from the world's most influential voice”, John Wiley & Sons

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• 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.

  Laura Bush

  Keys, Community, Library

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• Having fun isn't hard When you've got a library card.

  Marc Brown

  Fun, Library, Cards

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• The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library and get library cards.

  John Grisham

  Church, Library, Cards

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• No man will ever put his hand up your dress looking for a library card.

  Joan Rivers

  Men, Hands Up, Library

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• The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.

  Libba Bray

  Dream, Xenophobia, Book

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• There is no problem a library card can't solve.

  Eleanor Brown

  Library, Cards, Problem

  "The Weird Sisters". Book by Eleanor Brown, 2011.

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• And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Children, Real, Book

  "Why Don't You? Sarah Jessica Parker" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 4, 2009.

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• Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Life Changing, Imagination, Inspire

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• Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Good Life, Rain, Coffee

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.101, Ballantine Books

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• My alma mater was books, a good library.

  Malcolm X

  Book, Reading, Library

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.187, Ballantine Books

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• The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

  Gloria Estefan

  People, Everyday, Library

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• A library card is good to have, you can never have too much ID.

  Stephen King

  Library, Too Much, Cards

  Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.

  Bill Russell

  Oakland, Library, Cards

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?

  Lily Tomlin

  Inspirational, Funny, Beauty

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• Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Success, Congratulations, Book

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• My library card. Every hurdle I've faced, I have researched my way over at a library. I'm grateful for that part of the American spirit that believes every citizen should have access to books.

  Sarah Bird

  Believe, Book, Grateful

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