Tom Robbins Quotes

A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of 'mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans.

Tom Robbins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkMindWritingThinkLiterature

If you go to the U.S., you've got a huge market, cheap energy, good skills, and pensions are a sensible cost.

Jim Ratcliffe

GoodEnergyYouGoSkillsCheap

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

John Engler

BestSchoolYouNeedWhereGreatest

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Robert Louis Stevenson

ConsequencesLateDownSoonBanquet

I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.

Mavis Staples

FatherNowOverYearsOutGone

I don't think I'm ever going to retire from stand-up, but what I have retired from is working the road every week.

Jeff Garlin

RoadThinkWeekRetireGoingEvery

I remember tearing up the first time I read Nabokov's description, in 'Speak, Memory,' of his father being tossed on a blanket by cheering muzhiks, with its astonishingly subtle foreshadowing of grief and mourning.

Michael Chabon

FatherTimeGriefMemorySpeakUp

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

Alvin Ailey

LiveDanceRacismYourselfWorld

I spent three years at RMIT doing a bachelor of arts and media studies. It was a hugely formative experience. As someone who had a private Catholic school upbringing, the world suddenly became a much bigger and better place for me.

Sonya Hartnett

ExperienceSchoolMeWorldBetter

I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.

Shirley Henderson

TimeQualityDaydreamLike

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

Milos Forman

DemocracyOpinionFreeYouTell

Computing is becoming universal.

Jay S. Walker

UniversalBecomingComputing

I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.

Jonathan Anderson

ManSocietyThinkSeeingBodyFind

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