Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins

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Tom Robbins is an American writer whose words have traveled far beyond their original audience. Their thinking spans from Time to Religion, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. 11 of Tom Robbins's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Time, Religion, Love, Intelligence, and Imagination. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "If little else, the brain is an educational toy."

“To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.”

— Tom Robbins

Change

All Quotes by Tom Robbins

“Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.”

— Tom Robbins

Equality

“In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.”

— Tom Robbins

Death

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

— Tom Robbins

Love

“To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.”

— Tom Robbins

Change

“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.”

— Tom Robbins

Business

“If little else, the brain is an educational toy.”

— Tom Robbins

Intelligence

“Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.”

— Tom Robbins

Religion

“People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.”

— Tom Robbins

Imagination

“Education is for growth and fulfillment.”

— Tom Robbins

Education