“All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.”

“Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.”

“Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value.”

“Knowledge that is not used is often wasted, and it is shameful to waste anything, especially anything as valuable as knowledge.”

“Librarians wield unfathomable power. With a flip of the wrist they can hide your dissertation behind piles of old Field and Stream magazines. They can find data for your term paper that you never knew existed. They may even point you toward new and appropriate subject headings. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing. They bring order to chaos. They bring wisdom and culture to the masses. They preserve every aspect of human knowledge. Librarians rule...”

“the proper mission of librarians: “to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities.”