--- title: "Best Rob Brezsny Sayings" description: "Rob Brezsny is an American astrologer, author, and musician. His weekly horoscope column \"Free Will Astrology\" – formerly \"Real Astrology\" – has been pu..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b133/author-rob-brezsny-7732.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b133/author-rob-brezsny-7732.jpg) # Rob Brezsny Singer-songwriter United States **88** quotes in **718** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Rob Brezsny is a singer-songwriter from the United States, best known for *Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia*. ## Quick Facts About Rob Brezsny Nationality United States Profession Singer-songwriter Notable works Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia ## About Rob Brezsny Rob Brezsny is an American astrologer, author, and musician. His weekly horoscope column "Free Will Astrology" – formerly "Real Astrology" – has been published since 1980, and by 2010 was syndicated in around 120 periodicals. ## Quotes by Rob Brezsny · Page 3 > [Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/here-s-what-i-say-we-will-ignore-the-cult-of-doom-and-gloom-and/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Brilliance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brilliance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/rob-brezsny-7732_brilliance_here-s-what-i-say-we-will-ignore-the-cul_198545.png) > [Being born on the earth is the highest honor and greatest privilege. To be alive as human beings gives us the chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/being-born-on-the-earth-is-the-highest-honor-and-greatest-privilege/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/rob-brezsny-7732_alive_being-born-on-the-earth-is-the-highest-h_2980552.png) > [You will have a growing knack for gravitating toward wilder, wetter, more interesting problems. More and more, you will be drawn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/you-will-have-a-growing-knack-for-gravitating-toward-wilder-wetter/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/rob-brezsny-7732_alive_you-will-have-a-growing-knack-for-gravit_430063.png) > [It's about time you admitted that you are a miraculous work of art. You came into this world as a radiant bundle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/it-s-about-time-you-admitted-that-you-are-a-miraculous-work-of-art/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/rob-brezsny-7732_art_it-s-about-time-you-admitted-that-you-ar_3188987.png) > [Real confidence has no bluster or bombast. It's not rooted in a desire to seem better than everyone else and it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/real-confidence-has-no-bluster-or-bombast-it-s-not-rooted-in-a-desire/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Appearing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appearing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/rob-brezsny-7732_appearing_real-confidence-has-no-bluster-or-bombas_1427214.png) > [“Sadly, many storytellers and artists are still addicted to the old delusions (happy is boring, evil is interesting) about the risks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/sadly-many-storytellers-and-artists-are-still-addicted-to-the-old/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/rob-brezsny-7732_art_sadly-many-storytellers-and-artists-are_1066436.png) > [May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/may-you-eat-an-unfamiliar-dessert-in-a-strange-land-at-least-once/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Clouds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clouds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/rob-brezsny-7732_clouds_may-you-eat-an-unfamiliar-dessert-in-a-s_10756.png) > [A common obstruction to a vital intimate relationship is what I call the assumption of clairvoyance. You imagine, perhaps unconsciously, that your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/a-common-obstruction-to-a-vital-intimate-relationship-is-what-i-call/) [Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/) [Alliances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alliances/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/rob-brezsny-7732_alliances_a-common-obstruction-to-a-vital-intimate_1952737.png) ## Rob Brezsny by topic [Life (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/rob-brezsny/) [Needs (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/rob-brezsny/) [Love (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/rob-brezsny/) [Giving (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/rob-brezsny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/#itemlist", "name": "Rob Brezsny Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. 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