Brooks Robinson Quotes

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.

Brooks Robinson

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Writing
  • Myself
  • Trust

• I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • Business
  • Book
  • Influence

• All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Life
  • Business
  • Man

• The way the Facebook network is set up, it's not as suitable for content discovery. Twitter is better, but there are too many over-sharers. Also, on Twitter and Facebook, everything comes from people you know. On StumbleUpon, it comes from people that you don't necessarily know but share your interests.

  

  Garrett Camp
  • People
  • Up
  • Better

• I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • Think
  • Know
  • Poetry

• I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.

  

  Zhu Zhu
  • Face
  • Foundation
  • Flaws

• I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Science
  • Always
  • Story

• I think the president should be accessible, should answer questions that aren't pre-screened, but I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Think
  • Questions
  • Dignity

• Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Court
  • Outside
  • Smarter

• I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

  

  Valerie June
  • True
  • Myself
  • Path

• The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.

  

  Rafael Cruz
  • God
  • America
  • Honor

• You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Luck
  • Opportunities
  • Step

• I would say old school cats like Redman and Wu-tang. My style is my style, those are just cats that I liked.

  

  Obie Trice
  • School
  • Style
  • Cats

• I am simply not interested in the pots and pans affair, and neither can I bring myself to be interested in the same. I have such great cooks in the family that I would rather manage the other affairs and leave the kitchen to those who know it best.

  

  Kajol
  • Great
  • Family
  • Myself

• The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then, all of sudden, you have something to protect.

  

  Nate Parker
  • People
  • Men
  • Thinking

• Most inventions are based on some prior history.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • History
  • Most
  • Inventions

• Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is.

  

  Chris Pratt
  • Good
  • Running
  • Depression

• We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

  

  Serj Tankian System Of A Down
  • Excuses

• I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.

  

  Phil Gramm
  • World
  • America
  • Technology

• I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.

  

  Mila Kunis
  • Protect
  • Standard
  • Males

• The trouble is that right now I want to put as much work into football as I can. It's very important for me to get off to a good start. By the same token, I feel a responsibility to handle the media and those sort of things.

  

  Doug Flutie
  • Good
  • Work
  • Important

• I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go.

  

  Matt Groening

• I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people - especially kids my own age - made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.

  

  Ernest Cline
  • Friends
  • Problem
  • Courage

• Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.

  

  Brooks Robinson