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However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.

Quote by Richard Ernst about books, city, home

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need...

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about need, being, time, people

His study was a total mess, like the results of an...

His study was a total mess, like the results of an explosion in a public library.

Quote by Douglas Adams about public

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no...

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about past, future

It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk of the Town' sections.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city

I would not stand for someone to humiliate a homosexual...

I would not stand for someone to humiliate a homosexual man or woman in front of me, ever. I am a Libra, and I cannot stand anything that is unfair.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about woman, man

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about intelligence, brain, use, man

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything...

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about garden, need

I am doing another series for a San Antonio library for a charity called Born to Read. It supports literacy among young kids, trying to encourage kids to read and write.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about encouragement, charity

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing...

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.

Quote by Mick Jagger about work, things, good, good luck

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about proudness, vanity, public, human imperfections

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of...

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education

The closest library doesn't have the material you need.

The closest library doesn't have the material you need.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, need

The library will close 5 minutes before you remember that...

The library will close 5 minutes before you remember that you left your book bag inside.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education

All librarians will be happy to help when you don't need...

All librarians will be happy to help when you don't need it, but will vanish when you have a question about the Dewey Decimal system.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, question, help, happiness, need

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about truth, books, writers, attention, help, man, time

I have a brother younger than me, my mother was a...

I have a brother younger than me, my mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.

Quote by Shimon Peres about family, mother

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of...

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher about books, life

Sometimes, when I don’t feel like reading, I like to think of the books in my library as I do the stars in the sky. There’s something about just looking at them that does the mind good.

Quote by Mark Amend about books, celebrity, stars, sky, mind, good, good luck

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