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

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.

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

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.

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.

We had the experience but missed the meaning.

Our faces were no more than ten inches apart, but she was light years away from me.

Whoever designed this city built it to complement the setting sun as perfectly as the stars complement the night.

Enjoy yourself drink call the life you live today your own-but only that the rest belongs to chance.

Many people put up with things that are unpleasant but tolerable, rather than changing them; their situation needs to become unbearable before they take action

We are all stronger than we can ever imagine being. Every choice matters starting with today. And today, I choose to live.

I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.

You need a blueprint to build a house because you need to know how far the concrete is going to be poured and you need to know how think the walls have to be.

As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.