Andrew Carnegie, (1835-1919) Scottish-American industrialist, philanthropist Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-5] of 5 Andrew Carnegie quotesAndrew Carnegie QuotesAndrew Carnegie As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.~ Andrew Carnegie There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.~ Andrew Carnegie All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.~ Andrew Carnegie I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves. They never pauperize. They reach the aspiring and open to these chief treasures of the world -- those stored up in books. A taste for reading drives out lower tastes.~ Andrew Carnegie I believe Socialism is the grandest theory ever presented, and I am sure it will someday rule the world. Then we will have attained the Millennium... Then men will be content to work for the general welfare and share their riches with their neighbors.~ Andrew Carnegie Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print