Robsons Criteria Quotes & Sayings

The monasteries of Bohemia demand more of their brotherhood than some are prepared to give. The daily routine of back-breaking idleness proves too much for certain novices. The self-inflicted orgies that are the inevitable punishment for the slightest deviation into the bourgeois way of life are more than their frail flesh can stand. Many discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots, and greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope — Quentin Crisp

Downsizing itself is an inevitable part of any creatively destructive economy. — James Surowiecki

Women feel like we're fat if we can't wear the clothes we wore in high school. Men, in contrast, only start to feel fat only when they can no longer fit into a foreign car. — Gina Barreca

How many times have I heard in France of women who have been married for many years and the husband has had mistresses and you ask, "Why does she put up with it?" Because she loves him! Love is justification for so many things Americans would never put up with. — Marilyn Yalom

Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline. — George Jones

Thought is the first faculty of man; to express it is one of his first desires; to spread it, his dearest privilege. — Guillaume-Thomas Francois Raynal

Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice. — Dave Barry

No! The captain of the guard was that damned Englishman in disguise, and everyone of his soldiers aristos! The — Emmuska Orczy

India will reveal to you the places in your heart that must be purified. — Erin Reese

He said quietly, "You make me happy. You know that, right?" I teared up and cursed about it, because tears would leave obvious tracks down my powder-covered face. "Don't," I said weakly. "Don't what? Be happy? I can't help it when you're in my life. — R.K. Lilley

Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook. — John Milton

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right. — Sol Wachtler