Humans Quotes by Tom Robbins

How can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that…

— Tom Robbins

“Purpose! Purposes are for animals with a hell of a lot more dignity than the human race! Just hop on that strange…

— Tom Robbins

'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by…

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The scientist keeps the romantic honest, and the romantic keeps the scientist human.

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Kissing is man's greatest invention. All animals copulate, but only humans kiss.

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

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I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man's primary problems aren't political; they're philosophical. Until humans can solve their philosophical…

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Things. Cosas. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the…

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Cant you understand that romanticism is no more an enemy of science than mysticism is? In fact, romanticism and science are good…

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When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between,…

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The human race has always defined itself through narration. That isn't going to change just because we've gone electronic. What is changing…

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This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device…

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There's probably no subject with quite so many conflictin' opinions about it as there are about food, and 'tis better to swap…

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Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through…

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Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably…

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The Divine was beyond description, beyond knowing, beyond comprehension. To say that the Divine was Creation divided by Destruction was as close…

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“The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang…

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Three of the four elements are shared by all creatures, but fire was a gift to humans alone. Smoking cigarettes is as…

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In times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings--artists, scientists, clowns and philosophers--to create…

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“Well,' said Can o' Beans, a bit hesitantly,' imprecise speech is one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings.'…

— Tom Robbins