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, 1824
Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably very underestimated and largely underemployed. – Charles Medawar
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock
Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table. – William Powell
Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the 04 elections is that politics is a word game. – Eric Liu
