Top 292 Robinson Quotes & Sayings

More action packed than a Cardiff pub with Anne Robinson.

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

I got a part opposite Edward G. Robinson in a play called Middle of The Night, which Paddy Cheyafsky had written. It played for a long time because everybody just loved Edward G. Robinson, everybody in New York wanted to see it. John and I were married at the time and put into a position where I was working very long evening hours and he was working in the daytime and so there was a lot of spare time.

I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes.

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

One of the Robinson brothers from the Black Crowes turned me on to Nick Drake.

In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car while she went to buy liquor, she returned to find her daughter with tears running down her cheeks. The guilt and horror Ms. Robinson felt at this sight jolted her into sobriety.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

Robinson had a servant even better than Friday: His name was Crusoe.

I want to go down, like my hero Sugar Ray Robinson, in history.

People look at black pride in America and sport's impact on it. In the major cities it took off the first time Jackie Robinson stole home. In the deep South, it started with Eddie Robinson, who took a small college in northern Louisiana with little or no funds and sent the first black to the pros and made everyone look at him and Grambling.

I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.

I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.

Robinson Crusoe, the self-sufficient man, could not have lived in New York city.

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive

I was a huge David Robinson fan.

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.

You can tell everybody that Eddie Robinson's out looking for a job right now, and believe me, he's a great kid. He's happy and he's healthy. All he needs is a couple of weeks to regain game fitness. Put him on the court and when the game counts ... Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing. He's a great athlete, and I love him to death.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

I play Edward G. Robinson [in Trumbo], who was a close friend and a co-worker of Dalton's [Trumbo]. They worked together on at least one or two screenplays. A lot of these stories take famous people and show you who they are behind the scenes, which is kind of fun. One of the things about getting to play Edward G. Robinson was learning who the man was away from his movie-star exterior.

The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

Robinson could deliver a knockout blow going backward.

I want to work with Peter Robinson as first minister in a positive, constructive way and leave the elections to the electorate.

The baby is fine. The only problem is that he looks like Edward G. Robinson.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

Full disclosure here - I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet.

I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early 80s.

I'm never going to stop writing music as Porter Robinson and I see 'Virtual Self' as more of a tangent.

Give me five players like Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball.

I have, for a very long time, been a huge admirer of Marilynne Robinson, whose work I just love.

I don't hate Peter Robinson, and I don't think Peter Robinson hates me.

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation.

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

I always loved 'The Weakest Link' and how brutal Anne Robinson was on it.

Brooks Robinson is not a fast man, but his arms and legs move very quickly.

I was particularly stunned by the casting of Cruise, who is no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

My trainer, Marty Jones, was trained by Billy Robinson, so was Johnny Saint and a lot of great British wrestlers.

I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early '80s.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

When I was ten and in fifth grade, I read all of 'Robinson Crusoe' in one weekend.

One of my favorite books is 'The Swiss Family Robinson.' The reason is, I'm fascinated by the postapocalyptic recovery. What do we do in a disaster? How do we make do?

I'd hate to compare anyone with Sugar Ray Robinson, but Donald is the closest thing to Robinson I've ever seen

I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country, my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull; He got a good Estate by Merchandise, and leaving off his Trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my Mother, whose Relations were named Robinson, a very good Family in that Country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual Corruption of Words in England, we are now called, nay we call ourselves, and write our Name Crusoe, and so my Companions always call'd me.

I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen

I see similarities between Jackie Robinson and myself.

No longer will you be a weird Robinson Crusoe, imprisoned on an island of night surrounded by oceans of death.