Robson Quotes & Sayings

To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political treachery of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences so intimately that we feel hunger, lust, thirst, grief, and saddle sores, and admire anew the awesome durability and courage of the people of Mexico
especially the women. — James Alexander Thom

Max smiled, the smile of comfort, the one you give to someone who's made a big mistake and is suffering the consequences, the one that doesn't help but shows you understand. — Justina Robson

Stephanie Robson, baby blue, my best friend and the woman with my heart. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I take a moment to compose myself. "Will you marry me? — Karina Halle

I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out. — Bryan Robson

It was the ultimate jilted ex-girlfriend moment.
Empty boxes and wrappers of Tastykakes littered the bedroom floor while Celine Dion's "All By Myself" blasted away for the 100th time. Tears streamed down my face as I devoured the last cupcake.
There was no point getting out of bed. I had Celine, a box of tissues, and was moving on to the Butterscotch Krimpets next. — Cecy Robson

Ask God's blessings on your work but don't ask Him to do it for you. — Flora Robson

After a long analysis of Robson's suicide, we concluded that it could only be considered philosophical in an arithmetical sense of the term: he, being about to cause an increase of one in the human population, had decided it was his ethical duty to keep the planet's numbers constant. — Julian Barnes

Bryan Robson, well, he does what he does and his future is in the future — Ron Greenwood

I was trained by my husband. He said, If you want a thing done go. If not send. I belong to that group of people who move the piano themselves. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

Profanity enjoyed sexual congress with profanity in this hail storm of the vile, the tautological and the physically ridiculous. — Tim Robson

Doctor: Nyssa, we can't get you out of there just yet. I'm sorry.
Nyssa: I know.
Doctor: The TARDIS has gone missing. I'm sorry, I have to concentrate-
Nyssa: I know, Doctor. You don't have to keep saying you're sorry.
Doctor: We'll come for you. When all of this is over we'll follow the comet and get you back.
Nyssa: You once said much the same thing to somebody else. — Eddie Robson

If she tried, she could recall almost all their faces, if not their names, the hundreds of men she had nursed and soothed and even, before she had lost the habit entirely, prayed for on her knees before bed each night. — Jennifer Robson

When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points. — Bryan Robson

Winning the Championship is like taking a 26-year ball and chain from around our legs. Now we can go forward, and hopefully dominate English football for the next 10 years, like Liverpool did. — Bryan Robson

I remember how inspiring it was to meet players like Bobby Charlton or Bryan Robson when I was a kid. I still remember Clive Allen showing up when I received a trophy for my Sunday league team. — David Beckham

Misha didn't appear taken by her charm. He eyed her as if she's asked him to make her a garlic pizza in the shape of a cross. I laughed: I couldn't help it. Leave it to Shayna to try to befriend the guy who'll probably suck us dry by sundown. — Cecy Robson

Don't count your eggs until the chicken's laid them. — Bobby Robson

My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot of people: Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Gary and Martin Kemp, and Dexter Fletcher were among my contemporaries. — Phil Daniels

The first ninety minutes are the most important. — Bobby Robson

As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and that is where our focus lies. — Bryan Robson

Persian insect powder, mixed into a paste with petroleum jelly, had killed the lice in her hair, but then she'd inspected her clothes and found them infested with body lice, likely picked up from one of the walking wounded who — Jennifer Robson

The first time I saw Giggsy, he was playing for Salford Boys against United's apprentices. He was thin and wiry but he just glided past four of our apprentices as if they weren't even there, then he put the ball in the back of the net. I just thought 'This kid's an absolute natural' — Bryan Robson

She slumped a little when she saw me and shot the wolves a siren grin.
"You're so screwed," she declared.
"My sister is going to kick your asses!" ... .
The wolves hackles collectively rose as they set their diabolic sights on me.
They moved as a single unit away from Taran and toward their newest prey.
Thanks, Taran. — Cecy Robson

Glenn Hoddle hasn't been the Hoddle we know. Neither has Bryan Robson — Ron Greenwood

Players only understand substitutions when they become managers. — Bobby Robson

And at the end of the season you can only do as well as what you have done — Bryan Robson

Cathedrals are built with pennies of the faithful. A great opera house also is a spiritual center, a temple of sorts, where many gather together for recreation, education, and inspiration - a blessed trinity worthy of public support. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish. — Bryan Robson

If these bugs made their way into my brain, they'd devour me from the inside out and use my soul to raise more dead. Shit. Where was a can of Raid when a werewolf needed one? The — Cecy Robson

In retrospect, the past seems not one existence with a continuous flow of years and events that follow each other in logical sequence, but a life periodically dividing into entirely separate compartments. Change of surroundings, interests, pursuits, has made it seem actually more like different incarnations. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game — Bobby Robson

Everyone in this world who has ever dreamed about better things has been laughed at. — May Robson

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

I had to make a change. It was no slight on my staff either. We'd all been at Boro for seven years. But certain players had got too familiar with the set-up. I had to turn it round. Terry was the one man I could think of to do it. So I went for him. — Bryan Robson

I could. I don't think Dan can. He's trying to bang some biochemist working in the research lab next to his. For his sake, I hope she's as hot as he claims. His last lay could scare Christ off the cross. — Cecy Robson

You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest. — Bryan Robson

The greatest compliment I can pay Paul Scholes is that he reminds me of Bryan Robson, the way he bombs into the box. — Ray Wilkins

A small smirk found its way to my lips. Luke Skywalker could suck it. He had nothing on Shayna. — Cecy Robson

A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn't having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we'd have to move! — Steven Gerrard

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg. — Bobby Robson

We're going to start the game at nil-nil and go out and try to get some goals. — Bryan Robson

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things. — S. Robson Walton

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that — Bobby Robson

I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. — Ryan Giggs

Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place. — Bryan Robson

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result. — Bobby Robson

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose. — Bobby Robson

I really like it, " he murmured once more.
Say something. Anything. Tell him you love him and want to have his puppies. "Haven't you ever had tea before? — Cecy Robson

I beg your pardon? Robson says.
One thing Waterhouse likes about these Brits is that when they don't know what the hell you're talking about, they are at least open to the possibility that it might be their fault. — Neal Stephenson

Mind your own business, you goddamn raisin with legs! Taran screamed from inside the house. — Cecy Robson

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist. — Bobby Robson

It would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other — Bobby Robson

Bren pulled me close and chuckled in my ear. "Damn, kid. Are you in trouble." That was bad enough. His next comment was worse. "Don't worry, Aric. Celia and I don't have sex as much as we used to. — Cecy Robson

Its build quality is superb, given that I am a novice to it 6 months ago and being heavy handed it stands up very well. I have trouble thinking of something I enjoy more than setting off and popping the kite and screaming downwind! — Steve Robson

There is only one word to describe football and that is 'if only'. — Bobby Robson

Smiled so sweetly at Liam, I feared the poor sap might need insulin. — Cecy Robson

I don't sleep anymore. And I haven't known happiness since the day I left your arms. I don't expect your forgiveness nor do I deserve it for what I've done to you and to us. Just know that I hurt along with you, that I suffer without you, and that I'll love you forever. — Cecy Robson

Because there's nothing you can do about other people's reactions. You be yourself and let them be themselves and if you don't get what you want then tough and if you do then good for you and that's it. Everything else is manipulation and I spit on it.
-Zal — Justina Robson

She tried to complain, but couldn't hide that siren grin that made males trip over their erections. — Cecy Robson

Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job. — Bryan Robson

I've left Boro in the Premiership, which was always what I wanted to do. Actually that's not quite true. I took them to three cup finals, where they'd never been before. But I had set my eyes on being the first manager in their history to deliver a major trophy. — Bryan Robson

I was Lady Gaga way before her time. I had a wee kettle for a handbag. Didn't everyone, at some point? One of the teachers used to call me Dame Flora Robson because I had this big, long Victorian skirt. And I wore a Peruvian hat. It was the 1980s - people were wearing lots of lace. — Ashley Jensen

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime — William Robson

When you are a Protector, in darkness you see the world through different eyes and the line between Beast and Savior is so thin, you find yourself wondering if it was ever there to begin with.

The beat of a heart makes your soul ache, instincts so raw fighting them seems futile and until you are marked, the world holds its breath as within you lies the power to destroy them all. — Kathryn Robson

20 x Clap Press Ups 50 x meters Jog 15 x Burpees 50 x Sprint 20 Bodyweight Squats 50 x meters Jog 20 x Crunches 50 meters Sprint 20 x Kick Through's 50 meter Jog 20 x Mountain Climbers 50 meter Sprint 20 x Press Ups 50 meter Jog On a 400 meter running track break it down into 8 50 meter sections, at each 50 meter point perform the required exercise. Make sure to alternate jogging and sprinting after each exercise. Go through the circuit 3 times. — Stephen Robson

If I'd been able to put the collection together in one go, say over two years, we'd have had a special team, most wouldn't stay. One or two glory seasons and they were off. To them, the north-east was too far out. They wanted to be with the big hitters. — Bryan Robson

If you don't score you are not going to win a match. — Bobby Robson

To speak of Jesus as the Messiah or Son of Man of the End-time would have made no sense at all; and, as we have already seen (ch.10), the resurrection of the body was a wholly alien idea. — Alan Robson

We've got to be outstanding when we start and let other people chase against us. — Bryan Robson

Practice makes permanent. — Bobby Robson

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball.
I think long and short balls is what football is all about — Bobby Robson

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him. — Bobby Robson

For every dream of yours that you make come true, you'll pay the price in heartbreak. — May Robson

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought. — Bobby Robson

We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

Nobody is that thick-skinned that it doesn't hurt you. Still, you always know what happens in football. I have got used to criticism, I suppose, having been high profile with England and Man U. — Bryan Robson

You do not have my consent to pass on. Now take my blood!" Misha ordered. More — Cecy Robson

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level. — Bobby Robson

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

Paolo di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored. — Bryan Robson

There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

I was small but slow as a college tackle. — S. Robson Walton

Michael Jackson changed the world and, more personally, my life forever, — Wade Robson

What do I think of the reverse sweep? It's like Manchester United getting a penalty and Bryan Robson taking it with his head — David Lloyd

first with the corporate state and then with autarky meant — Mark Robson

We haven't scored which means you haven't got a chance of winning. — Bobby Robson

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle. — Bobby Robson

Phil Robson is a disturbingly good jazz guitar player! — Dave Liebman

When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket. — Bobby Robson

A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

There isn't an injury known to man that Bryan Robson hasn't had. — Alan Parry

It wasn't going to be our day on the night. — Bryan Robson

Shit happens. But so does magic." ~ Celia Wird, SEALED WITH A CURSE: A Weird Girls Novel — Cecy Robson

On Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Sylvia's Lovers'.
'Philip Hepuburn worships Sylvia Robson, and finds dishonour' Sylvia Robson worships Charley Kinraid, and finds disillusionment. Charley Kinraid worships himself, and finds a career in the Royal Navy and an heiress who agrees with him. — Lucinda Elliot

Now men will go content with what we spoiled, Or, discontent, boil blood, and be spilled. They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress. None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress. — Jennifer Robson

If you count your chickens before theyve hatched, they wont lay an egg. — Bobby Robson

Yet curiosity grabbed stubbornness by the throat and pimp-slapped it a few times. — Cecy Robson

An actor must communicate his author's given message
comedy, tragedy, serio- comedy; then comes his unique moment, as he is confronted by the looked-for, yet at times unexpected, reaction of the audience. This split second is his; he is in command of his medium; the effect vanishes into thin air; but that moment has a power all its own and, like power in any form, is stimulating and alluring. — Eleanor Robson Belmont

I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it ... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors. — S. Robson Walton

He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself.
(on Craig Bellamy) — Bobby Robson