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

“Without the library, you have no civilization.”

“Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.”

“What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?”

“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”

“We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.”

“We have our Arts so we won't die of Truth”