"A library implies an act of faith."

-- Victor Hugo

#Library Quotes

“In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.”

Source : Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.277, Walter de Gruyter
“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”

Source : John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.15, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“When you go on vacation with people, you learn a lot about them.”

Source : "The traveling sisterhood of 'How to Be Bad'". Interview with Sonja Bolle, www.latimes.com. June 1, 2008.
“Art is the most valued thing in the world...it is the expression of the highest form of human energy,the creative power nearest to the divine.The power is within - the question is how to reach it.”

Source : "Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts and Crafts" by Nancy E. Green and Jessie Poesch, Exhibt Cat., New York, 1999.
“Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.”
“Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.”
“I know now for a fact that improv can't hold a candle to doing standup. It's not the same buzz, it just isn't. It feels infantile to me at times. When you see guys who do it really well, great. But improv needs a rewrite.”
“It's only when movement becomes the most natural state in our lives that we can finally begin to enjoy the motion. And it's only when standing still becomes impossible that we can finally embrace the kinds of changes that are inevitable in our lives. We were not designed to stand still. If we were, we'd have at least three legs. We were designed to move. Our bodies are bodies that have walked across vast continents. Our bodies are bodies that have carried objects of art and war over great distances. We are no less mobile than our ancestors. We are athletes. We are warriors. We are human.”

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