M Robinson Quotes
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected
Our task is to educate their (our students) whole being so they can face the future. We may not see the future, but they will and our job is to help them make something of it.
Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.
In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.
If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.
I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.
You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.
Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster
The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.
The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility.
I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life.
Are we no greater than the noise we make Along one blind atomic pilgrimage Whereon by crass chance billeted we go Because our brains and bones and cartilage Will have it so?
The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.
I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.
Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.
Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.
You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.
Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done.
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.
It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.
Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful.
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
