Tom Robbins Quotes

The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.

Tom Robbins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1936

Topics

FreedomPeopleEndCreateWantUp

I believe I am a brilliant and gifted guide, that I have been given a tremendous intuition.

Mel Robbins

I AmBelieveI BelieveBrilliantAm

When my last relationship broke up, I bought a house one door along from my ex so that our daughter could continue to see as much of both of us as possible. This seems to me eminently sane and civilised.

John Niven

DaughterRelationshipMeDoorHouse

Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.

Maxine Peake

DayYourselfEnd Of The DayEndYou

I think they should have movies in restaurants. I can't believe that so many people get together just to sit there. It's so abstract... isn't it abstract? What are these people sitting here watching?

Andy Warhol

TogetherPeopleBelieveThinkMovies

Tom Gores has been involved in the City of Detroit, not just the surrounding area.

Stan Van Gundy

CityDetroitInvolvedBeenJustTom

I don't like technology and all that. I'm a farm boy. I would rather live in that time when you had to provide for your family. I don't know. I'm a country kid, so I don't like modern technology.

Travis Fimmel

FamilyLiveTechnologyTimeYouBoy

After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us.

Rose Schneiderman

MenMeOrganizationDawnLostThree

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

Ruben Hinojosa

FutureAmericaBackTurnEconomic

I've never really understood tattoos. I mean, it's your body - why would you wanna scar it? I don't mind other people's tattoos, but I just never got it.

Juergen Teller

PeopleMindYouBodyYour BodyWhy

There's always motivation coming into Majors. If you can't get up and get excited to win one of these, then you probably shouldn't be playing golf.

Jason Dufner

WinMotivationGolfYouAlwaysUp

I'm okay with the path that I'm on, but it's fascinating to think, 'I could've been a gay guy in Key West. I could be working at an insurance company in Lansing. But somehow, this is what's happening.'

Josh Malerman

PathThinkKeyInsuranceGayOkay

I work every day from 9:30 or so until lunchtime. In the afternoons, I become a normal person - go shopping and do the garden and look after my grandchildren.

Deborah Moggach

WorkDayShoppingEvery DayLookGo

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