Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their libraries open in the evening.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily.

The mind is a vagrant thing.... Thinking is not analogous to a person working in a laboratory who invents something on company time.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives- from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango - with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to-date scripts for actors on the tourists' stage.

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.