J. Robbins Quotes

If the results don't scream: "Do this again!" Try something new.

See it as it is, not worse than it is just so you have a reason not to try.

Lead a life of your own design, on your own terms -not one that others, or the environment have scripted for you.

You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.

A genuine quality of life comes from consistent, quality questions.

Your brain is not designed to make you happy. That's your job!

I began to realize that thinking itself is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions.

We surround ourselves with what is better or see other people as role models. You go, "If they can do this, so can I." That starts to trigger people, as well.

Every great, successful person I know shares the capacity to remain centered, clear, and powerful in the midst of emotional 'storms'.

Live with passion!

It's not about success, it's about progress.

The wealthiest person on earth is the one who appreciates

Don't even wait until you've lost a pound. The minute you can push the plate away with food still on it, give yourself a pat on the back.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

It's not can you, it's will you

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves.

When people succeed they party, when people fail they ponder.

Success happens with a consistent increase in quality in your life

If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.

The brown paper bag is the only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature.

When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

Hume develops his arguments by a series of models. He doesn't call them models in the pretentious way in which we envelope, very often, pure banalities in this jargon

Hemmingway was a jerk.

Faith is not a matter of trusting that events will always occur to our liking, but of trust that, whatever happens, our inner resources will be equal to the moment.

The fork is the most powerful tool ever placed in our hands.

In California today, you may save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you would by not showering for six entire months.

May your efforts to develop Christlike attributes be successful so that His image may be engraven in your countenance and His attributes manifest in your behavior

I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a to do. But being a good husband is not an event; it needs to be part of my nature—my character, or who I am.

I'm not a real good musician, but I can write [a song] pretty well. I experiment once in a while to see what I can do. I find out the best I can do is stay with ballads.

Don't allow missed opportunities of the past interfere with the opportunities that are right before you.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.

Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory.

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue.