#robb

Switters was actually quite fond of Seattle's weather, and not merely because of it's ambivalence. He liked it's subtle, muted qualities and the landscape that those qualities encouraged if not engendered: vistas that seemed to have been sketched with a sumi brush dipped in quicksilver and green tea. It was fresh, it was clean, it was gently primal, and mystically suggestive. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#tom-robbins #mysticism

The security officer smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, ma’am,’ to me before I gave him ID.” “It’s a sick world, Eve.” He resisted taking her hand for another squeeze. “A sick, sad world. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#eve-dallas #humor #j-d-robb #roarke #death

I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#because #could #diesel #drive #guy

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#compared #founding #robbing

Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#arguing #bank #bank robbery #cab #four

Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him. ↗

— Daphne Zuniga

#confidence #department #got #had #heads

Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life. ↗

— David Allan Coe

#few #give #give me #given #i

A British declaration be taken against Martinez for 'capturing and robbing us. ↗

— George Vancouver

#british #capturing #declaration #martinez #robbing

If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be "gotcha" journalism, but it's also good journalism. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#been #finds #good #investigative #journalism

Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is! ↗

— John Dillinger

#best #fear #gang #get #got