Jeffrey Robinson > Quotes

“Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.”
― Jeffrey Robinson

“Life depends on the water cycle, so what’s endangered here is life itself. And we’re not talking about something that can’t be avoided because no unavoidable pollution exists. It’s all caused by man. Pollution can be prevented. It only takes the will and the means to fight it.”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Grace of Monaco

“So one of the first things I did when I became a minister was to establish a national oil company and a petroleum university.”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Yamani: The Inside Story

“And I always thought we were lucky to have Saudi Arabia’s oil might in his hands. He was never one to upset the applecart.” Then,”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Yamani: The Inside Story

“When you know how to find a story – when you know what a story looks like and where they hide – you see them everywhere.”
― Jeffrey Robinson

“We live in a world with a 17th century definition of jurisdiction, an 18th century model for the judiciary, a 19th century model for law enforcement, and a mountain of outdated 20th century styled regulations.”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Criminal Intent - Following the Money

“Interestingly enough, immediately after Yamani was dismissed from his ministry, the university had its name changed. For whatever reason, today it is officially known as King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Yamani: The Inside Story

“For bankers, lawyers, accountants, brokers and company formation agents looking to score big, the only thing standing in their way has been “Know your customer” (KYC), the lame excuse for a sure fire way to disrupt the business of making money by moving money. ”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Criminal Intent - Following the Money

“Write non-fiction like fiction, so the reader is constantly turning the page to find out what happens next, and write fiction like non-fiction, so that when your character walks out of the donut shop and turns left into the nunnery, there really is a nunnery next door and not a muffler shop.”
― Jeffrey Robinson

“When people ask me how I write, I always answer, “Out loud.” It’s the single most important piece of advice I give young writers. I insist, unequivocally, the greatest works that have every been written were – every one of them – written out loud. Learn that trick, teach yourself to listen to what you’re writing, and your writing will improve immeasurably.”
― Jeffrey Robinson

“Here I had a common objective with Tariki. But he wanted to control our natural resources by political force. I knew this would be impossible. So one of the first things I did when I became a minister was to establish a national oil company and a petroleum university.”
― Jeffrey Robinson, Yamani: The Inside Story