Jo Robinson Quotes

Surround yourself with good people that keep you grounded, work hard, and be patient.

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

Creativity is a process more often than it is an event.

We inhabit, we are part of, a reality for which explanation is much too poor and small.

... but it's your existence I love you for, mainly. Existence seems to me now the most remarkable thing that could ever be imagined.

You don’t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebody’s English class, wasn’t he? How annoying would that be?

You can't be a 20-mile a day eater if you're just a 5-mile a day runner.

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.

For me writing has always felt like praying even when I wasn't writing prayers.

Whatever the Holy Spirit prompts a true Christian to do for the glory of God, He allures him to do in a modest way, and with a disposition of indescribable tenderness.

In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential for personal security and fulfillment.

If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.

What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.

Quite frankly, I don't like you humans. After what you all have done, I find being 'inhuman' a compliment.

All of our existing ideas have creative possibilities.

The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I'm no longer nearly so sure. The last budget put forward in Canada contained not a penny for Mars.

Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.

The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art.

The loneliest days are the ones where you keep company with someone you love who can’t hear you.

It's funny, after a while, you get tired of having to fight someone because they don't like the way you look.

2010 was my best season so far but I think I can get better at everything.

The sky itself is the eighth color of the rainbow, spread over the whole sky for us, all the time.

Being a typical teenager isn't easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people.

Where does a black soul go to rest?

Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that creativity is important - they just don't understand what it is.

The prime minister has chosen to acknowledge publicly the sovereignty of God and the claim of God on her life. Hers is the challenge to live up to that claim.

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.

A three-year-old is not half a six-year-old.

The changing climate is a threat to human rights.

I was really worn down by an American society that is racist, smugly blind to it, and hugely self-satisfied.

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.

Modern money is almost altogether credit money.

Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.

The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.

If a rise in wages does not raise prices, a fall will not reduce them.

I can’t believe we will forget our sorrows altogether. That would mean forgetting that we had lived, humanly speaking. Sorrow seems to me to be a great part of the substance of human life.

An economy may be in equilibrium from a short-period point of view and yet contain within itself incompatibilities that are soon going to knock it out of equilibrium.

I wrote almost all of it in the deepest hope and conviction. Sifting my thoughts and choosing my words. Trying to say what was true. And I'll tell you frankly, that was wonderful.

Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you from conventionalism, faddishness, and cliché.

It's a terrible thing to be a worker exploited in the capitalist system. The only worse thing is to be a worker unable to find anyone to exploit you.

We continue to think of new things in old ways.

My contention is, all kids have tremendous talents. And we squander them, pretty ruthlessly.

Grace has a grand laughter in it.

All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.

Companies should increasingly see themselves as major corporate citizens with a wider responsibility to the community. Nothing less than their reputation - their image - is at stake.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

He will wipe the tears from all faces.' It takes nothing from the loveliness of the verse to say that is exactly what will be required

We are educating people out of their creative capacities.

There are always people who are going to be opportunistic when they see situations unfolding the way that they are in New Orleans.