"Our great function is to inform or to inspire, or to please; to give to the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation on the highest plane. If a better way than the books is found we should use it."

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Source : "Melvil Dewey: His Enduring Presence in Librarianship".

Melvil Dewey

#Book Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice,”
“Children share with geniuses an open, inquiring, uninhibited quality of mind.”
“Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.”
“I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule.”
“Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.”
“...Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express your own ideas. It's much more difficult to do, but the rewards are there if you're good enough to pull it off ...”
“I'm glad they're taking a step back. A lot of this is happening so quickly that people can't keep up with it.”

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