Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

The universe is not going to see someone like you again in the entire history of creation.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy.

It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.

Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.

The library is our house of intellect, our transcendental university, with one exception: no one graduates from a library. No one possibly can, and no one should.

The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour.

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.

Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.

History is littered with examples of men who would become gods, but only one example of God becoming Man.

Anderson [Cooper], I guess the question I have is why can't CNN cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism?

It's a mining town in lotus land.

One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place.

The appearance is the allusion of abstraction when in fact I am in control of every aspect of that symmetry.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it.

And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids.