Will we have bodyguards?" "We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.

When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people with your purpose.

Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth.

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

I'm really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who've been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors.

What we believe, we see.

I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that.

The 'Enlightenment', which discovered the liberties, also invented the disciplines.

Hell is full of high court judges.

I was very nervous about going up to teach at Stanford and very nervous even about going to ARPA.