Quotes by Edna Robinson

There is no such thing as a beauty contest . . . Beauty is noncompetitive. Beauty of any kind stands alone, unmatched, inimitable, uncontested.

Considering the extravagance of my expectations, the flying experience was bound to be a disappointment.

Success, as we categorize it, is a simple and pitiable thing. Its only a matter of degree of wanting, and accident. Wanting plays the major role in everybodys life--accident all the others. The only condition any of us can be sure of in this universe is wanting. How tepid or burning hot the want is depends on accident. But since accident isnt really as accidental as wed like to think--accident is the great fooler and comforter of mankind--we become successful exactly to the degree we want.