Spider Robinson quote: "Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile."

Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity.
SPIDER ROBINSON

Time didn't pass; it tailgated.
SPIDER ROBINSON

He smiled like a sun lamp.
SPIDER ROBINSON

Shared pain is lessened.
Shared joy is increased.
Thus we refute entropy.
SPIDER ROBINSON

Erotica is pornography I am willing to publicly admit I like.
SPIDER ROBINSON

Your diet must be about fifty-fifty, carrots and locoweed," Annie said softly.
He froze.
"...
SPIDER ROBINSON

Now that I finally have the time for it, this web surfing stuff turns out to be as interesting and f...
SPIDER ROBINSON

Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in th...
SPIDER ROBINSON

I think of us as a people who inoculate ourselves against a plague of insanity with a powerful anti-...
SPIDER ROBINSON

Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.
SPIDER ROBINSON

The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I'm no longer nearly so ...
SPIDER ROBINSON

A beginning is the end of something, always.
SPIDER ROBINSON

Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.
SPIDER ROBINSON

Know thyself, believe in God, and dare to dream.
JOHN THOMAS "SPIDER" SALLEY

Tough times never last but tough people do.
JOHN THOMAS "SPIDER" SALLEY

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a huma...
JACKIE ROBINSON

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties we...
JACKIE ROBINSON

When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me ...
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

I do like to play the darker characters; I don't really know why.
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

I'm mostly vegetarian.
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rom...
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

It took a lot of time to find my stride, and it was really humbling.
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

'Lone Gunmen' was my first job, and I got a little cocky, thinking I'm brilliant and don...
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

I did go through a phase where I played videogames quite often, but I haven't in a few years.
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat,...
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

I honestly never really watch the Emmys.
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was thro...
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
JACKIE ROBINSON

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, ...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit w...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I care...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Personally, I've learned about perseverance: when you hear the word 'No,' and when you h...
ANGELA ROBINSON

There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of wh...
GENE ROBINSON

My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She...
NATE ROBINSON

When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told...
NATE ROBINSON

We're a competitive family - we compete in everything we do: playing cards; if we're walking...
NATE ROBINSON

I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
NATE ROBINSON

I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
NATE ROBINSON

I am a diehard Seahawks fan because I'm born and raised in Seattle.
NATE ROBINSON

Fans are awesome.
NATE ROBINSON

The NBA is all politics. It's about who you know.
NATE ROBINSON

I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for...
NATE ROBINSON

Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do th...
NATE ROBINSON

I've got the best shoe guy in the business.
NATE ROBINSON

I've seen my mother struggling, everything that she did to raise me and my brothers and my siste...
NATE ROBINSON

As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them ...
NATE ROBINSON

Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for...
NATE ROBINSON

There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do tha...
NATE ROBINSON

Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
NATE ROBINSON

I don't like one-foot jumpers like LeBron James. It looks better jumping off two feet. Every tim...
NATE ROBINSON

My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high sc...
NATE ROBINSON

Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money alway...
NATE ROBINSON

I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
NATE ROBINSON

I always wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. I used to tease him all the time. Every time I was a free ...
NATE ROBINSON

You don't have to be the biggest, tallest, strongest guy to do whatever you want to do. You can ...
NATE ROBINSON

That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that eve...
SMOKEY ROBINSON

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough mon...
JACKIE ROBINSON

My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly wo...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Ame...
JACKIE ROBINSON

The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus ...
ABRAHAM ROBINSON

On June 22, 1793, Vancouver's Discovery and Chatham anchored in Klekane Inlet. Archibald Menzies...
EDEN ROBINSON

The main reserve of the Haisla Nation hugs the northwest coast of British Columbia, about 500 miles ...
EDEN ROBINSON

The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our commun...
EDEN ROBINSON

I'm a novelist from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations of British Columbia, both small coasta...
EDEN ROBINSON

The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, to...
EDEN ROBINSON

Where I come from, people will spit at you if they think you support Enbridge.
EDEN ROBINSON

The land and the ocean are living, breathing entities that supported us, clothed us, fed us, and nur...
EDEN ROBINSON

A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy...
EDEN ROBINSON

I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or a...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Co-ops are one of the few affordable housing options for students that want life close to campus.
ALAN ROBINSON

Blood is not all that important. It's what you have in your heart and how you carry it.
ALAN ROBINSON

I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in...
ALAN ROBINSON

We had about 20 people and cooked two turkeys.
ALAN ROBINSON

One of my teenage daughters has set a goal to read the great classics. I wish I'd done that at her a...
ALAN ROBINSON

I usually get down with a little Violent Femmes in the summer. You know, 'Blister In The Sun....
NICK ROBINSON

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listen...
DARREN ROBINSON

A good hitting instructor is able to mold his teaching to the individual. If a guy stands on his hea...
BILL ROBINSON

No. We were huntin',
AARON ROBINSON

We'll find 'em, ... They're in this drainage somewhere. We might have to hike our a's off, but we'll...
AARON ROBINSON

We had very effective meetings. They were long, but we got a lot done. Each group got a fair chance.
AARON ROBINSON

Overall, I think treasury is on the right track. Every group coming into treasury has a fair chance ...
AARON ROBINSON

We just came here for fun, and it's been great. I wasn't expecting this many fans.
AARON ROBINSON

This is usually a slow time, the lull after Christmas.
AARON ROBINSON

A little excitement will be added, we hope.
AARON ROBINSON

It will be similar this year.
AARON ROBINSON

It was really cool. ... I wasn't expecting it. But I worked hard for it. I think I deserved it.
AARON ROBINSON

We liked the architecture of our old neighborhood, and we didn't want to sacrifice that charm for su...
AARON ROBINSON

It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely da...
DAVID ROBINSON

The plan last year didn't reflect the priorities of today's students. We started from scratch early ...
ADAM ROBINSON

We have a once-in-a- generation opportunity to do this. We're calling on today's students to make th...
ADAM ROBINSON

We're going to defend our position. We deliver what our members want.
ADAM ROBINSON

I wear blazers several times a week. I like them because they have a good cut, but they're a bit mor...
ADAM ROBINSON

Our commitment to caring for our wounded service members returning from Iraq, as well as our other b...
ADAM ROBINSON

A number of elements make up this process, and I know that the authorities are now working on their ...
ADAM ROBINSON

We always thought this was going to be slow to build. It's going to take time and we didn't expect t...
ADAM ROBINSON

We never comment on market rumor and speculation. We monitor all our markets constantly and talk to ...
ADAM ROBINSON

This is part of what we do as a part of military medicine, ... You have given much of yourself and t...
ADAM ROBINSON

It's something we are trying to carry on to the younger generation to keep the hobby alive.
ADAM ROBINSON

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys ...
EDDIE ROBINSON

Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the d...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already d...
JAMES ROBINSON

To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break upon the ton...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their ab...
JOHN ROBINSON

I think any player will tell you that individual accomplishments help your ego, but if you don't win...
DAVID ROBINSON

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
FRANK ROBINSON

Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame a...
FRANK ROBINSON

The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remem...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Widows are divided into two classes -- the bereaved and relieved.
VICTOR ROBINSON

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural ...
ROBINSON JEFFERS

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
MARIA ROBINSON

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed a...
FRANK ROBINSON

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
FRANK ROBINSON

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.
MARIA ROBINSON

I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression o...
JAMES ROBINSON

It's not a man's working hours that is important, it is how he spends his leisure time.
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've ...
NICK ROBINSON

I'm a great admirer of secularism. At its best, I think it's one of the best things that we ...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that ...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, ...
JACKIE ROBINSON

I doubt that I could create a character I loathed simply because when a character takes life, it is ...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

Jason Behr and Amanda Brooks were cool to work with. Jason and I are fast friends to this day.
CRAIG ROBINSON

Initial excitement over the announcement that Enbridge was building a pipeline to Kitimat dampened c...
EDEN ROBINSON

I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been mo...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results...
KEN ROBINSON

My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, '...
NATE ROBINSON

I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around.
ANN ROBINSON

The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each...
KEN ROBINSON

You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in ...
KEN ROBINSON

When comics came along in the 1930s there was a talent pool waiting. And one reason is so many areas...
JERRY ROBINSON

There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathemat...
ROBERT ROBINSON

My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.
DAVID ROBINSON

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
JACKIE ROBINSON

As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accep...
ABRAHAM ROBINSON

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
JACKIE ROBINSON

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank Go...
SMOKEY ROBINSON

You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even...
JERRY ROBINSON

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.
ANNE ROBINSON

My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by t...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not - because the thing they were...
KEN ROBINSON

The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where every...
KEN ROBINSON

Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negro...
JACKIE ROBINSON

Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions.
DAVID ROBINSON

If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity...
KEN ROBINSON

Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions...
KEN ROBINSON

There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in school...
KEN ROBINSON

Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that cre...
KEN ROBINSON

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.
KEN ROBINSON

School systems should base their curriculum not on the idea of separate subjects, but on the much mo...
KEN ROBINSON

Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking fo...
KEN ROBINSON

You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, i...
KEN ROBINSON

We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species ...
KEN ROBINSON

I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, w...
KEN ROBINSON

Whether or not you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity. If you'...
KEN ROBINSON

What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in ...
KEN ROBINSON

The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central c...
KEN ROBINSON

Now the problem with standardized tests is that it's based on the mistake that we can simply sca...
KEN ROBINSON

All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingnes...
KEN ROBINSON

Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.
KEN ROBINSON

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not ra...
KEN ROBINSON

You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curios...
KEN ROBINSON

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
JACKIE ROBINSON

Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't fee...
KEN ROBINSON

It's a lot of fun. We're going to get to make a lot of noise.
BEN ROBINSON

I've always been fascinated by the culture of India.
BEN ROBINSON

This is an important trip for several reasons. It's going to be a huge help to the people of India b...
BEN ROBINSON

We thought the dream would be over at a quarter to six last night. The dream lives on. It's fantasti...
BEN ROBINSON

It's like winning the Lottery and the (football) pools on the same night.
BEN ROBINSON

That is the short-term solution. In the summer we have to spend a lot of money having it rectified m...
BEN ROBINSON

You didn't have to go on location if you could just shoot down City Hall, LA.
ANN ROBINSON

Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I t...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON

I think Carrot Top is hilarious.
CRAIG ROBINSON

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.
ROBINSON JEFFERS

The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called...
GENE ROBINSON

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with ...
FRANK ROBINSON

The pitch is surprisingly heavy, although it is not as bad as Chelsea's. It has obviously been used ...
ANDY ROBINSON

Julian has performed well off the bench in the last two games. He has performed well for Leicester o...
ANDY ROBINSON

For the preparation for the England side competing against the best it's important we give the playe...
ANDY ROBINSON

We will be monitoring the situation with Matt overnight.
ANDY ROBINSON

It is only 48 hours since (Stevens) played, and 24 hours for the Wasps boys. We've got to see how th...
ANDY ROBINSON

It is kind of difficult to communicate complex emotion in a car jealousy, passive aggression the pup...
ANGELA ROBINSON

It is kind of difficult to communicate complex emotion in a car ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ j...
ANGELA ROBINSON

I've never owned a VW before but now I am going to. I hope to get Herbie when he comes back from tou...
ANGELA ROBINSON

She's having some troubles at home,
ANGELA ROBINSON

With waits of up to 8 weeks for a routine screen for STI in some parts of the country and some peopl...
ANGELA ROBINSON

With waits of up to eight weeks for a routine screen for STI in some parts of the country and some p...
ANGELA ROBINSON

That movie has this kind of old fashioned franchise that they wanted to reinvent and reintroduce to ...
ANGELA ROBINSON

Everyone's very nervous. Every time a house sells, people wonder what the buyer's intention is - to ...
ANN ROBINSON

We've evaluated everything from Arabic to waste management: chemistry, nuclear medicine, nutrition, ...
ANN ROBINSON

There are a lot of different ways individuals can earn college credit and get their degrees these da...
ANN ROBINSON

Fremont County and Hot Springs County are the ones that are closest right now to their goals,
ANN ROBINSON

I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's goin...
ANN ROBINSON

We entertained the neighbors,
ANN ROBINSON

all my contact with obese people suggests to me they would feel happier, healthier, and have a much ...
ANN ROBINSON

Lifestyle is a huge contributor to the health of the nation and male fertility is just one area adve...
ANN ROBINSON

The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking ...
ANN ROBINSON

It's a hard thing to legislate. You can't legislate good taste and you can't put a number on it in t...
ANN ROBINSON

I very much hope we score some early points and get the thing won in the first 20 minutes, as we hav...
ANDY ROBINSON

It's very frustrating. The lads showed a lot of ambition in the first half, they went out to sustain...
ANDY ROBINSON

A player of ours has been proven guilty of biting. That's a scar that will never heal.
ANDY ROBINSON

Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile.

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Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile.

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