--- title: "4 Cows Quotes By Tom Robbins" description: "4 Cows quotes by Tom Robbins. Plus more from Tom Robbins and more Cows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tom-robbins-169_anxiety_you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your_1414571.jpg" --- > [You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your-cow-for-a-handful-of-magic/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tom-robbins-169_anxiety_you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your_1414571.jpg) > [“Hardly a pure science, history is closer to animal husbandry that it is to mathematics in that it involves selective breeding. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/hardly-a-pure-science-history-is-closer-to-animal-husbandry-that-it/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/tom-robbins-169_accounts_hardly-a-pure-science-history-is-closer_1813763.jpg) > [I can't remember exactly the first thing I wrote, but one of the stories, was about a pilot whose plane crashed on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/i-can-t-remember-exactly-the-first-thing-i-wrote-but-one-of-the/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/tom-robbins-169_adaptability_i-can-t-remember-exactly-the-first-thing_2385292.jpg) > [According to Hindu cosmology, we're in the kali yuga, a dark period when the cow of history is balanced precariously on one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/according-to-hindu-cosmology-we-re-in-the-kali-yuga-a-dark-period/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/tom-robbins-169_age_according-to-hindu-cosmology-we-re-in-th_3124953.jpg) ## Other authors on Cows ## More by Tom Robbins > [There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/there-are-times-when-we-can-feel-destiny-close-around-us-like-a-fist/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/love-is-the-ultimate-outlaw-it-just-won-t-adhere-to-any-rules-the/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [The party in Alobar’s head, which agitation and anxiety were throwing, now was crashed by a notion: existence can be rearranged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-party-in-alobar-s-head-which-agitation-and-anxiety-were-throwing/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-world-is-a-wonderfully-weird-place-consensual-reality-is/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/anyone-who-maintains-absolute-standards-of-good-and-evil-is-dangerous/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing; everything is sacred. Ha Ha Ho Ho Hee Hee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/i-believe-in-everything-nothing-is-sacred-i-believe-in-nothing/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/a-sense-of-humor-is-superior-to-any-religion-so-far-devised/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/love-is-the-ultimate-outlaw-it-just-won-t-adhere-to-any-rules-the-2/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“The glue that holds the natural world together appears to be a harmonious balance of opposites: day and night, light and dark, winter and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-glue-that-holds-the-natural-world-together-appears-to-be-a/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/zippers-are-primal-and-modern-at-the-very-same-time-on-the-one-hand/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“religion is a paramount contributor to human misery. It is not merely the opium of the masses, it is the cyanide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/religion-is-a-paramount-contributor-to-human-misery-it-is-not-merely/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/she-continued-weeping-until-the-heat-of-her-tear-water-the-sheer/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-bottom-line-is-that-a-people-are-never-perfect-but-love-can-be-b/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Virtually every advancement made by our species since civilization first peeked out of its nest of stone has been initiated by lone individuals, mavericks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/virtually-every-advancement-made-by-our-species-since-civilization/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/when-we-accept-small-wonders-we-qualify-ourselves-to-imagine-great/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cows/tom-robbins/#itemlist", "name": "4 Cows Quotes By Tom Robbins", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Robbins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your-cow-for-a-handful-of-magic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tom-robbins-169_anxiety_you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your_1414571.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tom-robbins-169_anxiety_you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your_1414571.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tom-robbins-169_anxiety_you-should-never-hesitate-to-trade-your_1414571.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.” — Tom Robbins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hardly a pure science, history is closer to animal husbandry that it is to mathematics in that it involves selective breeding. 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