"Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague."
— Eleanor Crumblehulme
University of British Columbia, Canada

"When you absolutely positively have to know, ask a librarian."
— American Library Association

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."
— Neil Gaiman
English author of short fiction, novels, films et al

"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim."
— Linton Weeks
Washington Post Staff Writer

"Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable.
Their skills are probably very underestimated and largely underemployed."
— Charles Medawar
British specialist on medical policy and drug safety

"Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge."
— Patrick Ness
British-American author, journalist, lecturer, & screenwriter

"Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people.
They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress."
— Willard Scott
American weather presenter, author, television personality, actor, et al

"It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out.
The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell."
— Jarrett J. Krosoczka
American author and illustrator