Robin Williams Quotes

I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

Robin Williams

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• Driven
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• Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Really
  • Immortality
  • Guess

• America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • America
  • Artist
  • Talent

• There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.

  

  Irvin Kershner
  • Interesting
  • Face
  • Landscape

• Justice is revenge.

  

  Saad Hariri
  • Justice
  • Revenge

• The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • World
  • Power
  • Hope

• A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Man
  • More
  • Dinner

• I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Democratic
  • Normally

• The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

  

  Garrett Graff
  • Positive
  • Influence
  • Media

• I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.

  

  Randy Houser
  • Mom
  • Things
  • Anymore

• I love babies. I love being pregnant and I loved giving birth.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • Love
  • Giving
  • Loved

• We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to show them that we were, in fact, actually doing comedy.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • Parents
  • Comedy
  • Cool

• I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Work
  • Women
  • Strong

• You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • Different
  • Words
  • Same

• The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Done
  • Leave
  • Brainy

• Of course, it's a dream to go to Mars. I want to find out whether there was life there or not. And if there was, then why did it die out? What sort of catastrophe happened?

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Life
  • Why
  • Dream

• I do believe that oil production globally has peaked at 85 million barrels. And I've been very vocal about it. And what happens? The demand continues to rise. The only way you can possibly kill demand is with price. So the price of oil, gasoline, has to go up to kill the demand. Otherwise, keep the price down, the demand rises.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Oil

• I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?

  

  Barry Williams
  • Believe
  • Children
  • Black

• Now, as far as I know, nobody has ever put up the U.S.'s nuclear missiles on the Internet. I mean, it's not something I've heard about.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Up
  • Know
  • Internet

• In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off!

  

  Peter Diamandis
  • People
  • Up
  • School

• I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Country
  • Think
  • Rock

• Ray Bradbury taught me the importance of metaphor and simile and poetic style.

  

  Joe R. Lansdale
  • Style

• As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer's ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something original that alters or deepens my understanding of both literature and life.

  

  Dinaw Mengestu
  • Life
  • World
  • Understanding

• It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.

  

  Shania Twain

• I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

  

  Robin Williams
  • School
  • Loved
  • Driven