Tom Robinson Quotes

I think the writer makes a good story good or a good story bad. The writer has a great deal of responsibility. ~ Tom Robinson

'To Kill a Mockingbird' is really two stories. One is a coming-of-age tale told from the point of view of Scout Finch, a girl of about nine, and her slightly older brother, Jem. The second story concerns their father, attorney Atticus Finch, who has been appointed to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of raping a white woman. ~ Charles J. Shields

There is only the here and now. The past is gone, forgotten. ~ Tom Robinson

Without books we're a very uneducated society. Think of the places books have taken us, the people we've been introduced to (fiction or non-fiction) and how books have allowed us to broaden our vocabulary. ~ Tom Robinson

A dozen war reporters and TV crew, and the King Kong Elvis sang right on cue. ~ Tom Robinson

I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent. ~ Tom Robinson

I was quite reluctant in the first instance to come to use the word bisexual with regard to myself because I didn't feel any different inside from the way I had always felt. I always found men attractive. I still find men attractive. I figure out of, you know, every 200 men that pass on the street, I'm going to go, 100 of those are nice looking guys. Now, with every 200 women that pass on the street, maybe one is going to turn my head. ~ Tom Robinson

Were you so scared that she'd hurt you, you ran, a big buck like you?"

"No suh, I's scared I'd be in court, just like I am now."

"Scared of arrest, scared you'd have to face up to what you did?"

"No suh, scared I'd hafta face up to what I didn't do. ~ Harper Lee

I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win. ~ Tom Brady

When I think about the real pioneers of the psychedelic movement in a musical sense, not just the culture, everything had a handmade sort of vibe to it. We're inventing our culture as we move along into this. ~ Chris Robinson

Tom hunts alone. While shunned by all he sees, he grows aware that, in reality, life is lived alone. When with a hen, there's only an illusion of sharing; a pretence that life's trials are easier to endure. Even sleep is a barrier that can't be shared. ~ Peter Gray

Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way. ~ Tom Lehman

I love the 19th-century idea of the flaneur, the poet wandering through the streets. ~ Tom Hodgkinson

On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable. ~ Tom Holland

How do you feel about going on a date with me? I'm abroad for another two weeks; you've got plenty of time to prepare yourself. It will be the best night of your life, of course. ~ Lucy Robinson

You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there. ~ Tom Shadyac

I just eat life ... I engage in life. ~ Tom Cruise

I have yet to met a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the unessentials. ~ Tom Sharpe

Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people. ~ Tom Scholz

All men had their limitations. It was just that some were more dangerous than others. And while genius knew it had limits, idiocy was always unbounded. ~ Tom Clancy

Tom's army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle. Then the dead were counted, prisoners exchanged, the terms of the next disagreement agreed upon, and the day for the necessary battle appointed; after which the armies fell into line and marched away, and Tom turned homeward alone. ~ Mark Twain

When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric. ~ Tom Conti

Now, that is probably my least favorite topic of conversation in the entire world. I have spent a great part of my life hearing that doctrine talked up and down, and no one's understanding ever advanced one iota. I've seen grown men, God-fearing men, come to blows over that doctrine. The first thought that came to my mind was, Of course he would bring up predestination! ~ Marilynne Robinson

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example. ~ Maurice Ashley

The issue of remittances where we have millions of Mexicans working in the United States sending back dollars. He said they send back 10 billion dollars a year. ~ Tom Tancredo

Every year we discuss Jackie Robinson Day, which is April 15. We talk about it throughout baseball, promote it throughout baseball. ~ Curtis Granderson

What a fine persecution - to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened. ~ Tom Stoppard

And, you know, you never really summon all of your strength until you know that there's no way back, no way to go but onward. ~ Kim Stanley Robinson

I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book of Mormon.' ~ Tom Robbins

I wasn't big in the party scene but I did have an excessive lifestyle. I had much more than I needed. I think that was a manifestation of a certain kind of mental illness. ~ Tom Shadyac

When feelings are made available to us isolated, backgroundless, and inherently limited in duration - as they are through music - we can approach them as if we were wine tasters, sampling the delights of various vintages [...]. We become cognoscenti of feeling, savoring the qualitative aspect of emotional life for its own sake. ~ Jenefer Robinson

An infamous political prison required a revolution as much as a revolution required an infamous political prison. ~ Tom Rob Smith

Time is just memory
Mixed in with Desire. ~ Tom Waits

There's no such thing as security in this life sweetheart, and the sooner you accept that fact, the better off you'll be. The person who strives for security will never be free. The person who believes she's found security will never reach paradise. What she mistakes for security is purgatory. You know what purgatory is, Gwendolyn? It's the waiting room, it's the lobby. Not only does she have the wrong libretto, she's stuck in the lobby where she can't see the show. ~ Tom Robbins

Nonetheless, the oyster, could it fancy, should fancy its excremental equipment a hot item, for what other among Creation's crapping creatures can convert its bodily wastes into treasure? ~ Tom Robbins

Anne Lamott's priest friend Tom, how to get through:
"Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe."
Salon April 25, 2003 ~ Anne Lamott

The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone. ~ Gene Robinson

People can only tell the truth as they see it. ~ Edna Robinson

Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes. ~ Tom T. Hall

It took me better than a quarter century to learn, the hard way, that hard work at something you want to be doing is the most fun that you can have out of bed ... to learn that the smart man finds ways to make everything he does be work; to learn that "leisure" time is truly pleasurable (indeed tolerable) only to the extent that is its subconscious grazing for information with which to infuse newer, better work. ~ Spider Robinson

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. ~ Tom Peters

Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal. ~ Randall Robinson

Throughout history, people have risked their lives for love, for patriotism, for principle, and for God far more often than fear has made them run away. Upon that fact depends progress. The ~ Tom Clancy

An idea leads to a thought. The repeated thought leads to a feeling and the feeling leads to a new decision and the decision leads to a new behavior and the new behavior leads to a new action thus new results. See ~ Steve Robinson

When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots. ~ Tom Perrotta

Because it was just too creepy to consider the alternative: nothing changing at all, everything shrinking into the sad belated recognition that the best days had come and gone without her even realizing it. ~ Tom Perrotta