Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
 

 A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has the right to bring up children without surrounding them with books...Children learn to read by being in the presence of books.
-Heinrich Mann (1871-1950)
 

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
-Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
 

You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.
-Monty Python Skit
 

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened, you discover you have wings.
-Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
 

What can I say? Librarians rule!
-Regis Philbin