Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

Quote by Tom Robbins

Topics: Humanity Quotes

The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b)...

The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b)...

Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef

Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

It is easier to play around with a man's wife than with his cliches.

It is easier to play around with a man's wife than with his cliches.

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any...

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any...

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.

Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.