R Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with R. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Robert Zubrin’s masterful study…makes for riveting reading. . a cautionary tale of what happens when powerful, unprincipled elites are not only alienated from the mass of their fellow men, but come to see them as a barrier to imagined social, evolutionary, or environmental progress.”
“Roberta Flack sings like a songbird, when the skies themselves are poised to hum a ditty. Her iconic song KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG croons me to sleep and wakes me up with the elixir of profound celebrations of an absolute life.”
“Roberta Flack was a songbird who was exceptionally gifted with the immense power and elation to sing. She sang so eloquently and never for once flubbed the lines of lyrics or hit the keys of her piano with a riot of fingers. Her great and heart-warming Killing Me Softly is one song on everyone’s tongue, a song strong enough to rid its listener of enteric disorders, a song hummed by all and remembered by all —as its singer, our dear Roberta, would forever be remembered.”
“Roberta Jacobson is in charge of a department within the State Department with which, on other occasions, I have had problems with regarding the answers they gave me.”
“Roberta Raggianti forse non ne sapeva molto sulla pazzia, ma di certo sapeva come recuperare una cosa che sembrava rovinata, come una salsa impazzita o un soufflé sgonfio. Credeva fosse possibile riparare la mente devastata del signor Di Maggio, se solo lui avesse capito di non essere da solo e si fosse ricordato chi era.”
Source: The Ickabog
“Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not only immensely learned; he is one of the most original thinkers and writers we have today.”
“Roberto Clemente played the game of baseball with great passion. That passion could only be matched by his unrelenting commitment to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate and those in need. People saw Roberto as a great ballplayer and humanitarian. He was also a great father, husband, teammate and friend.”
“Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.”
“ROBERTO
Estoy seguro que lo haces para bien. No tengo ninguna duda. Pero el resultado en definitiva es que no sé si estamos mejor.”
Source: El desliz de Roberto
“Roberto is like a small child sometimes, especially a cheeky and mischievous one, and yet she adores his strength, his wisdom, and in that gentle soul of his; lives a giant fearless bear. He is not easily impressed, he lives by his own rules in life and this suits him perfectly as well as complimenting his relationship with Maria”
Source: Emotional Rhapsody
“Roberto knew that he now had the power to influence the future. He needed to send a message back, and whatever he chose to say would affect Rosa and would help to guide her future choices. He felt a strong sense of guilt and responsibility about the situation in which he found himself, but he knew that he had to make it work. Somehow he needed to find a way to do the best that he could by his Rosa.”
Source: Lover by Moonlight
“Roberto Martinez's belief is unbelievable”
“Roberto reached out to gently stroke a finger down her cheek. “You were like a miracle to me – how could I help loving you and wanting to protect you? I only want the best for you Rosa.”
Source: Lover by Moonlight
“Roberto stumbled out of his seat and put his boots on. He thought he would get to enjoy a normal day and some morning coffee, but he was wrong. So much for that idea, he thought.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“Roberts knocked, heard: ‘Enter.’ Thought: ‘Wanker.”
Source: A White Arrest
“Robertson also believes coorie is especially relevant in the winter when it suggests shelter.
"When it's cold, wet and windy outside, and night has fallen, there's nothing better than to be cooried in by the fireside," he adds.”
Source: The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way
“Robespierre, crippled and blind, has yet to be healed to the knowledge that service - his desire - is a deed of savage-speaking gentleness, not soft-spoken savagery.”
Source: The Gods are Thirsty
“Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.”
“Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!”
“Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter that he was able to illicit from us, how his humor and insights - though they came from a place of pain and uncertainty - connected us and reminded us of how flawed and fragile...how human we are. How we are capable of moments of inspired transcendence and others of unspeakable despair.”
“Robin [Williams], he's pretty dynamic. I had a lot of fun but I also felt like there was no onus on me to be funny.”
“Robin, a mother really loves her children only if she loves them enough to let go. I didn't have children as annuities against loneliness in my old age. They were part of my youth—the wonderful thing I had with your father. Now they must have their youth and their children.”
Source: The Love Machine
“Robin and Reagan are unique in that they date their creation not to a single traumatic event but to the need of the group to maintain a nonconficted, nonabreactive memory trace.
The other past-keepers are both reactive and information-providing personalities-they appear in my office to give me information the system seems to think I need, or in response to my touching a critical nerve in the Jo, Missy, Joan Frances, or Renee personalities.”
Source: The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
“Robin did not know why the announcement that Strike was off to meet Elin should lower her spirits.”
Source: Career of Evil
“Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist famous for Dunbar’s Number, theorized that humans can only maintain about 150 meaningful relationships at a time.”
“Robin: Golden arrow? And what would we do with a golden arrow? Give it to Alan for a lute string? I could hang it around my neck on a chain, perhaps, and let it stab me in the ribs when I tried to sit.
Marian: And your honour as an outlaw?
Robin: My honour as an outlaw concerns staying alive; and presenting my neck anywhere near the Sheriff of Notingham, who feels it wants lengthening, runs directly counter to that honour.
Marian: The sheriff will be gravely disappointed.
Robin: That's the best news I've heard all week.”
Source: The Outlaws of Sherwood
“Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly.”
Source: Iron's Prophecy
“Robin, he chided her. He wanted to tell her all this would happen to her, too, that her luck would turn as well. But he had no good arguments for this, and she had no reason to believe him. Such luck as his was far too rare.
“I hope it all works out,” she said, looking up, and then, as if afraid to sound too stingy, she added, “I’m sure it will.”
He bent down to kiss her, but she turned away slightly, and his lips brushed her ear as he whispered, “Please be happy for me.”
Source: Intuition
“Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.”
“Robin Hood is often seen as the hands-on-hips, archetypal, tally-ho hero. But, realistically, the one calling the shots wouldn't be at the front shouting about it. He'd be the one you don't expect.”
“Robin Hood strung his bow and took his place with never a word, albeit his heartstrings quivered with anger and loathing. Twice he shot, the first time hitting within an inch of the wand, the second time splitting it fairly in the middle. Then, without giving the other a chance for speech, he flung his bow upon the ground. "There, thou bloody villain!" cried he fiercely, "let that show thee how little thou knowest of manly sports. And now look thy last upon the daylight, for the good earth hath been befouled long enough by thee, thou vile beast! This day, Our Lady willing, thou diest—I am Robin Hood." So saying, he flashed forth his bright sword in the sunlight.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
“Robin Hood was also a terrorist ― but he had some style and a little class.”
Source: The Leopard Hunts in Darkness
“Robin is a handsome ephebic boy, usually shown in his uniform with bare legs. He is buoyant with energy and devoted to nothing on earth or in interplanetary space as much as to Bruce Wayne. He often stands with his legs spread, the genital region discreetly evident.”
Source: Seduction of the innocent
“Robin Roberts - what a trailblazer she has been in sports TV! One of the best in TV.”
“Robin turned and looked straight into her. "What's life for?" "I don't know." "I don't either. But I don't think it's about winning.”
Source: The corrections
“Robin was een tijd stil. Zijn arm weer omhaar heen terwijl hij nadacht, zij wiebelend in de vangrail, verder niks.
'Je doet elkaar pijn, je weet niet waarom, je voelt je schuldig.'
Anna begreep hem niet. 'Hoezo doen jullie elkaar pijn?'
Robin haalde zijn schouders op. 'Mijn moeder zei dat altijd, en ik denk dat het waar is. We doen elkaar pijn niet omdat we dat willen, maar om wie we zijn.”
Source: Weg
“Robin was thinking, is this where single people end up, people without children to look out for them, without double incomes? In small boxes, living vicariously through reality stars?”
Source: Troubled Blood
“Robin,
We will always remember the laughter in your eyes. The way they seem to light up each time you made us smile. You were always laughing with us, that's how you made us feel. You’re forever in our thoughts, and always missed. Rest in peace Robin Williams.”
“Robin: When you do marry, who will you marry?
Maria: I have not quite decided yet, but I think I shall marry a boy I knew in London.
Robin(yells): What? Marry some mincing nincompoop of a Londoner with silk stockings and a pomade in his hair and face like a Cheshire cheese? You dare do such a thing! You - Maria - if you marry a London man I'll wring his neck! (...) I'll not only wring his neck, I'll wring everybody's necks, and I'll go right away out of the valley, over the hills to the town where my father came from, and I won't ever come back here again. So there!
(...)
Maria: Why don't you want me to marry that London boy?
Robin(shouting): Because you are going to marry me. Do you hear, Maria? You are going to marry me.”
Source: The Little White Horse
“Robin Williams is great; it's just like having a conversation when you're doing a scene with him really. It's just so relaxed on the set whenever he's around. Also he's just always telling jokes; he's always on. It must be funny for him though because he must think everyone's brain goes so much slower than his. He's working overtime on all these different ideas that pop into his head. Everyone else must feel miles behind!”
“Robin Williams is one more example, that genius people are genius for a reason, and that reason is feeling without reasoning. Depression is for sensitive people. Sensitive people sense the world as it is, and they can't cope with it. Sensitive people need a better, more tender world to live in. Matter of fact, we all do.”
“Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.”
“Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up.”
“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.”
“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien - but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most - from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robin’s family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams.”
“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind....He arrived in our lives as an alien but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit”
“Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it.”
“Robin Williams, another person I didn't know. He is genuinely hilarious.”
“Robinson could deliver a knockout blow going backward.”
Source: Bert Sugar's Punchlines: The Best of Boxing's Most Colorful Writer
“Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through the work ethic, common sense, resilience, technology, and, if need be, racism and imperialism.”