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Like Robin Hood....Not real, but true. -- Janette Rallison
I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman. -- Dan Quayle
There's a death sentence for your Robin of Locksley. -- Claude Rains
The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me. -- Ali Smith
We'll have Superman for President, let Robin save the day. -- Jethro Tull
A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. -- William Wordsworth
Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny. -- Paul Mooney
I love Robin Wright. Kristin Wiig! I love those two women. -- Kathleen Rose Perkins
Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have. -- A. A. Milne
This song goes out to Robin Williams. It's called 'Last Hope'. -- Hayley Williams
Robin Williams, another person I didn't know. He is genuinely hilarious. -- Diane Keaton
My dream job is to be the Robin to Anderson Cooper's Batman. -- Sophia Bush
This Hollywood ain't no good, I would rather be like Robin Hood. -- Van Morrison
Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth. -- Frans de Waal
I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily. -- Maurice Gibb
I would say [Fed policy] has been in some sense Reverse Robin Hood. -- Kevin Warsh
I joined Arsenal to play with Robin van persie - not replace him -- Olivier Giroud
Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that. -- Maurice Gibb
I met Robin Williams a few times, and he was a beautiful guy. -- Bill Hader
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up. -- Billy West
I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up. -- Bear Grylls
I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'. -- Stephen Lang
He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook] -- John Prescott
I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams. -- Charles Keating, Jr.
I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams. -- Charles Keating, Jr.
Robin Roberts - what a trailblazer she has been in sports TV! One of the best in TV. -- Megan Alexander
By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!" -- Lynne Rae Perkins
A trained bus thrower like Gabriel, or Robin Hood wannabe like Scarlet, or a ninja assassin like Tristan -- Chelsea Fine
So, good night unto you all.Give me your hands, if we be friends,and Robin shall restore amends. -- William Shakespeare
Duke is a character who believes that heroism and the Robin mantle can exist entirely separate from Batman himself. -- Scott Snyder
I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices. -- Karen Gillan
I can't look at John Prescott without thinking of Les Dawson, and Robin Cook is a caricature of himself. -- Rory Bremner
My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice. -- John Burnside
A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.' -- Oscar Isaac
Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it. -- Jessica Chastain
Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly. -- Julie Kagawa
Christopher Robin ... just said it had an "x."' 'It isn't their necks I mind,' said Piglet earnestly. 'It's their teeth. -- A. A. Milne
I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility. -- George Clooney
Atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair was murdered. Jon Murray and Robin Murray-O'Hair were also murdered by individuals involved with the atheist organization. -- William J. Murray
I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile. -- Imelda Marcos
Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. -- Barack Obama
There is no more compassionate and effective way to help poor people in New York City than to give to Robin Hood. -- Paul Tudor Jones
I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that. -- Chris Cooper
Maid Marion, who said to Robin Hood, I will not live in a house with a Little John. Never got a dinner! -- Red Buttons
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. -- Jonathan Franzen
All the guys in the locker room will give me a hard time and call me Robin Thicke or call me Justin Bieber. -- Chandler Parsons
I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem. -- Bill Nighy
As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams. -- Phil Hartman
On Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: If a man cannot keep a measly affair secret, what is he doing in charge of the Intelligence Service? -- Frederick Forsyth
Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing. -- Kevin Eubanks
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. -- Mandy Moore
The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. -- Jesse Helms
Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world. -- Carrie Vaughn
When I was a kid, it was a little bit exciting working with Peter Weir and Robin Williams, but that faded pretty quickly for me. -- Robert Sean Leonard
People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody. -- Vincent Cassel
You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible. -- Anne Lamott
There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them. -- A. A. Milne
Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.' I think that's a bit of why they were glorified. -- Lane Garrison
When you watch Robin Williams, you can see a lot of Jonathan Winters. Robin is the first one to admit that; he worshiped Jonathan Winters. -- Gilbert Gottfried
It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty excited about that. -- Jason Isaacs
I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well. -- Christine Baranski
It's just another of Robin's sayings. Like, 'Holy strawberries, Batman, we're in a jam! Or, Holy Kleenex, Batman, it was right under our nose and we blew it! -- Karen Marie Moning
I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh. -- Maurice Gibb
I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now. -- Maurice Gibb
Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer. -- Jose Serrano
I grew up watching stuff with Jim Carey, Robin Williams and Sandra Bullock in them. I've always been attracted to the actors who are a little more off beat. -- Amanda Crew
My book is very wild. But you know during the period of BATMAN, that there were thousands of Batman and Robin costumes sold and these weren't just for kids. -- Burt Ward
Everyone sniggered because I was going to do a sandal and toga movie. But I knew exactly how to do it and I know how to make Robin Hood. -- Ridley Scott
You know what I would do? I would remake The Wizard of Oz with Robin Williams, and that's it. Just let him do the whole dang thing by himself. -- Frank Caliendo
If I had to pick out a therapist in a movie that I'd like to go see as a personal therapist, it would be Robin Williams in Goodwill Hunting. -- Irvin D. Yalom
The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age. -- Lascelles Abercrombie
I'll always remember when I bumped into Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on a flight to my mother's funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time. -- Gayle King
And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop. -- A. A. Milne
Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like Shrek or The Simpsons, Robin Hood manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways. -- Richard Armitage
I would rather portray the hero, if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Robin Hood." -- Jonathan Jackson
Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like 'Shrek' or 'The Simpsons,' 'Robin Hood' manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways. -- Richard C. Armitage
This is Robin Hood in reverse. These tax cap proposals favor those with the most expensive properties. We are spreading the taxes to those with some of the least expensive property. -- Clementa C. Pinckney
When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors. -- Kevin Costner
I remember Robin [Williams] walked up to me after the last take and said, "Thanks boss! We nailed it!" That will probably be one of the best moments of my life. -- Roberto Aguire
I have tons of rescuing fantasies based on the movies I saw when I was growing up. I wanted to be Robin Hood and the Three Musketeers and the Scarlet Pimpernel. -- Harold Ramis
Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen. -- Mitch Hedberg
And yet, something inside you is so horrible or you're such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it. Robin Williams, at 63, did that today. -- Shepard Smith
Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form. -- George Vecsey
I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to. -- Maurice Gibb
I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.' -- Jonathan Jackson
I admired and valued Robin as a colleague and friend and as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His wife Gaynor and his two sons are in our thoughts and prayers. -- Gordon Brown
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. -- Jonas Armstrong
Hallo, Eeyore." "Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays," said Eeyore gloomily. Before Pooh could say: 'Why Thursdays?' Christopher Robin began to explain the sad story of Eeyore's lost house. -- A. A. Milne
The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions. -- Marjane Satrapi
Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job. -- Joan Rivers
Thank you Robin Williams for showing the world that one man can make a difference in the lives of millions, while still fighting his own personal demons. You are missed, but never forgotten. -- Steven Wolff
Underneath this little stone Lies Robert Earl of Huntington; No other archer was so good - And people called him Robin Hood. Such outlaws as he and his men Will England never see again. -- Roger Lancelyn Green
I had the opportunity to go cast for a Hollywood film that was filming in Thailand called 'Mortal Kombat 2.' Out of 100 people, I was cast to be the stunt double for Robin Shou. -- Tony Jaa
It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing. -- Russell Brand
Bonnie and Clyde, while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic anti-establishment Robin Hoods than what they really were: white-trash spree killers. -- Bryan Burrough
I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity. -- Nolan Ryan
This loss has left me truly heartbroken. Robin Williams was one of the brightest, most loving & wonderful people I've ever been blessed to know. I'll miss him more than I can ever express in words. -- Monica Potter
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I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help. -- Michael McKean
I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a lot more fun than Robin Williams doing forty minutes of material. -- Bruce McCulloch
Bonnie and Clyde,' while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic anti-establishment Robin Hoods than what they really were: white-trash spree killers. -- Bryan Burrough
I remember when I was working on All Alone in the Universe, and Robin Roy was my editor. When I first sent it to her, she said kids this age don't want pictures in their books. -- Lynne Rae Perkins
John Kerry had a very vivid imagination as a young person. I mean, he actually did go and take his bicycle from Norway to go camp in Sherwood Forest to be around the ghost of Robin Hood. -- Douglas Brinkley
You've reached your 60th birthday, Bill To the year, the day, the hour You've been a lifelong country boy Along with Lily, your flower And Robin...that's the name of a bird And Dawn...that says it all -- John Walter Bratton
I'm a big fan of domino masks, like Zorro, or Robin. You could put a domino mask on anything, and it becomes a superhero. You put a domino mask on a milkman, and he becomes, like, Super Milkman. -- Gerard Way
Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington. -- John C. Maxwell
To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you. -- A. A. Milne
When I worked with Robin Williams, now there is improv! He is just as funny as you think he is. We did at least five or six takes of every scene, improvising every scene differently. He was a riot. -- Stephen Root
With 'Good Will Hunting,' Miramax made certain the recruited audience wasn't expecting to laugh at Robin Williams like they normally do. From my limited experience, you can really blow test screenings by conducting them in the wrong way. -- Gus Van Sant
If I were a teacher, I would like to teach freshman English - so I could be the Robin Williams type in Dead Poets Society. I wanna be that guy. I couldn't teach seniors because they'd be smarter than me. -- Jake M. Johnson
Comedians have varying levels of training. It can range from classically trained actors (like Robin Williams) to people who took comedy classes to folks who just started doing it. That's the beauty of comedy: it's close to a pure meritocracy. -- Ted Alexandro
It was interesting doing impressions as somebody else doing impressions. Normally, I'll do a voice, and it's me doing the voice. To have to be Robin Williams doing the voice was an interesting sort of study in getting into somebody's head. -- Chris Diamantopoulos
Strephon kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at me,And never kissed at all.Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,Robin's lost in play,But the kiss in Colin's eyesHaunts me night and day. -- Sarah Teasdale
Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my casement sing, Though it should prove a farewell lay And this our parting spring. * * * * * Then, little Bird, this boon confer, Come, and my requiem sing, Nor fail to be the harbinger Of everlasting spring. -- William Wordsworth
In theatres, you're kind of disconnected. Also, it's way too big for the likes of me. Unless you're Robin Williams or someone that can fill a stage with movement and energy, it just looks like a small man on a big stage. -- Norm MacDonald
Stephen kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me And never kissed at all. Stephen's kiss was lost in jest, Robin's lost in play, But the kiss in Colin's eyes Haunts me night and day. -- Sara Teasdale
I was always the Class Clown and over time became very good at it. I started doing comedy on stage at the Dallas Comedy Corner where I honed my skills by watching guys like Garry Shandling, Robin Williams, Jay Lena and more. -- Bill Engvall
I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. What it evolved into was my pseudo-waitressing job when I was auditioning. I didn't wait tables. I did calligraphy for the invitations for, like, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding. -- Meghan Markle
Christmas Eve Saint Francis and Saint Benedight Blesse this house from wicked wight; From the night-mare and the goblin, That is hight good fellow Robin: Keep it from all evil spirits, Fairies, weezels, rats, and ferrets: From curfew time To the next prime. -- Thomas Cartwright
There's nothing comparative to Damien [the current Robin] or any of the other characters. I love those characters. And this isn't, "This is better than that." I think a couple of people misread what we had said in the first issue about that stuff. -- Scott Snyder

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