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Tom Robbins Quotes - Page 2

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Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Unique, Equality, Different

Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.92, Bantam

Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.

Men, Perspective, Criminals

Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.70, Bantam

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Love, Marriage, Time

Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.122, Bantam

Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.

Good Times, Having A Good Time, Don't Trust

If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill-take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges of edges, then you force it into the realm of magic.

Art, Peace, Passion

Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.255, Bantam

You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.

Real, Hero, Milk And Honey

All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.

Self, Roots, People

Tom Robbins (2003). “Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates”, p.46, Bantam

The Divine was beyond description, beyond knowing, beyond comprehension. To say that the Divine was Creation divided by Destruction was as close as one could come to definition. But the puny of soul, the dull of wit, weren't content with that. They wanted to hang a face on the Divine. They went so far as to attribute petty human emotions - anger, jealousy, etc - to it, not stopping to realize that if God were a being, even a supreme being, our prayers would have bored him to death long ago.

Prayer, Knowing, Long Ago

"Skinny Legs and All". Book by Tom Robbins, 1990.

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

Rushing, Goal, Wish

"Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas". Book by Tom Robbins, 1994.

We're making it up. The world, the universe, life, reality. Especially reality.

Reality, World, Universe

Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.486, Bantam

It is more important to be free than to be happy.

Important

Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.188, Bantam

There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.

People, Understanding, Being Weird

Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.11, Bantam

Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper.

Funny, Rap, Sound

Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.226, Bantam

The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously.

Love, Dream, Cheer

"Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 1984.

As a child, I was an imaginary playmate.

Children, Imaginary

To emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.

Afterlife, Heaven, Hell

Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.356, Bantam

A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.

Sense Of Humor, Still Life With Woodpecker, Perfume

There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum.

Two, Yuck, Still Life With Woodpecker

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Funny, Hero, Healing

Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.93, Bantam

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

Stars, Doe, Folly

Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.243, Bantam

Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable force because to admit it is to admit that most of our political gyrations, religious dogmas, social ambitions, and financial ploys are not merely counter-productive but trivial.

Religious, Truth, Ambition

Tom Robbins (2006). “Wild Ducks Flying Backward”, p.210, Bantam

Most Americans pay lip service to the idea of freedom, but can't handle real freedom.

Real, Ideas, Pay

To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security. Therefore, to live one must be ready to die. How's that for a paradox?

Giving Up, Paradox, Ready

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". Book by Tom Robbins, 1976.

The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actions create him. Conversely, when we behave with compassion, generosity, and grace, we create God in the world.

Mean, Compassion, Generosity

Tom Robbins (2003). “Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates”, p.168, Bantam

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

Basketball, Golf, Thinking

Tom Robbins (2009). “B Is for Beer”, p.9, Harper Collins

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