Famous, cool,
inspirational, funny,
love, life, great and other
quotes from movies,
books, bible and
more

Main Menu

Quotes By Author

Quick Search^(NEW!!)

Find Quote

Calendar

The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned or where ones one devotion to the bound book is expressed in ritual. A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas a place where history comes to life. Norman Cousins		Wednesday Feb 04, 2026
		Quotes: 53419 Authors: 9969

Selected Quote
In this temple As in the hearts of the people For whom he saved the Union The memory of Abraham Lincoln Is enshrined forever Royal Cortissoz

Quote Author: Royal Cortissoz

	Royal Cortissoz
	Inscription above the statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C - Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

Other Royal Cortissoz Quotes
In this temple As in the hearts of the people For whom he saved the Union The memory of Abraham Lincoln Is enshrined forever