All Tom Robbins Quotes
- True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. Balanced
- A Hamburger is warm and fragrant and juicy. A hamburger is soft and nonthreatening. It personifies the Great Mother herself who has nourished us from… Ball
- Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. 'You aren't talking about dreams,' she corrected… Ambition
- Above all, have a good time. If you aren’t enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it. All
- If you lack the iron and the fizz to take control of your own life, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a… Control
- Words on a page can hypnotize you if the rhythm is right Hypnotize
- Intimacy is the principal source of the sugars which this life is sweetened! Intimacy
- The beet is the most intense of vegetables Beet
- What I’ve learned along the way is that existence is cosmic theatre, but paradoxically, we should play our roles to the absolute best of our… Ability
- My personal motto has always been: Joy in spite of everything. Not just [mindless] joy, but joy in spite of everything. Recognizing the inequities and… Advocate
- Approfondement is a French word that means 'playing easily in the deep.' Deep
- When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free. Free
- Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any novelist… Any
- Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters. Alone
- Would you complain because a beautiful sunset doesn't have a future or a shooting star a payoff? And why should romance 'lead anywhere'? Passion isn't… Anywhere
- Success can eliminate as many options as failure. Eliminate
- To one degree or another, everybody is connected to the Mystery, and everybody secretly yearns to expand the connection. That requires expanding the soul. These… Another Everybody
- Data in our psychic program is often nonlinear, nonhierarchical, archaic, alive, and teeming with paradox. Simply booting up is a challenge, if not for no… Acknowledging
- But say you've inflated your soul to the size of a beach ball and it's soaking into the Mystery like wine into a mattress. What… Accomplished
- Well, there's one thing to be said for money. It can make you rich. Funny
- You've heard of people calling in sick. You may have called in sick a few times yourself. But have you ever thought about calling in… Called
- The scientist keeps the romantic honest, and the romantic keeps the scientist human. Honest
- The odor of frying bacon, sausage links, and ham tiptoed on little pig feet all the way to the north end of the second floor.… All
- When a man confines an animal in a cage, he assumes ownership of that animal. But an animal is an individual; it cannot be owned.… Act
- We all dream profusely every night, yet by morning we've forgotten ninety percent of what went on. That's why poets are such important members of… All