Tom Robbins Quotes

The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook the guilt, fear, bigotry, and dangerous anti-intellectual flapdoodle being funneled into young brains by schools on the religious right, what we're doing is training kids to be cogs in the wheels of commerce.

Tom Robbins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FearTruthChildrenTrainingDoing

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.

Mayer Hawthorne

PeopleMeAlwaysSureTourMade

The problem is that once we focus on economic policy, much that is not science comes into play. Politics becomes involved, and political posturing is amply rewarded by public attention.

Robert J. Shiller

ScienceFocusPoliticsPolitical

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

Jean-Paul Sartre

YouSayUnderstandAbstractAnything

I'm confident that Gov. Romney can win over the American people on the promise of limited government, defending individual liberties and a return to common-sense solutions to our country's biggest problems.

Jeff Duncan

GovernmentPeopleWinProblemsOver

The social use of Slack does drive awareness - it's a good thing for us.

Stewart Butterfield

GoodDriveAwarenessSocialUsUse

I guess I'm crazy. If everything was easy-peasy and green lights all the time, it'd be kind of boring.

Rose Namajunas

TimeBe KindCrazyGreenLights

I feel in love with holography, which is that you don't have to wear anything or carry anything. It is augmented reality, if you will.

Mary Lou Jepsen

LoveRealityFeelYouWillAnything

The thing about relationships is, when you are in the middle of one, they consume your focus.

Joshua Harris

FocusYouRelationshipsMiddleYour

I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage.

Don Rickles

DieStageWhoWantsThoseGuys

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

Dean Koontz

StupidHumanRightAlwaysVigor

From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.

Brian Lamb

BeginningHouseReasonSeeWhatever

I tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about.

Chuck Noll

FootballLookSeeSomethingTried

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