Alexandra Robbins, author of five New York Times best-selling books, is an investigative reporter and the Medill School of Journalism’s John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism. She works as a contributing editor for both Marie Claire and Washingtonian.
Alexandra’s books include The Overachievers, which was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a People magazine Critics’ Choice, and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, which was named Best Nonfiction Book of the Year in the God dreads Choice Awards, the only people’s choice book awards. The Geeks were also honored with a Books for a Better Life Award.
The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital (2015), Alexandra’s most recent New York Times bestseller, is described as “a page-turner with all the twists and turns of a brilliantly told narrative.”
Her best selling books include:
- The Nurses
- Pledged
- The Overachievers
- Conquering Your Quarter-life Crisis
- The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth
Alexandra has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, Forbes, and The Atlantic. She has been called “one of, if not the, most widely read journalists under the age of 35” and “an excellent stylist and a first-rate mind.”
She has appeared as an on-air expert on hundreds of other shows across dozens of networks, including 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Oprah, The View, CNN News, and The Colbert Report.
Alexandra is also a sought-after public speaker, especially in the healthcare, education, and young adult communities. She has received the Heartsongs Award in the past for “contributions to the mental health of children and young adults.”
She also won the 2016 Best Single Article of the Year award (Media Industry News), a 2016 Exceptional Merit in Media Award (National Women’s Political Caucus), the 2014 Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism, the 2014 June Roth Award for Medical Journalism, the 2014 Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award (the Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C. Chapter’s highest journalistic award), and was a finalist for the 2014 Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award (the Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C. Chapter’s highest journalistic award)
Robbins appeared as a guest on the satirical programme The Colbert Report, during which Colbert challenged Robbins’ claims in The Overachievers, citing some of her own observations, while she countered with observations about systemic problems resulting from a highly competitive system, cheating that is endemic to competition, and problems with standardized testing, arguing that the aforementioned conditions teach misplaced values. Comedy Central has a video of this interview available.
We’ve compiled a list of the best Alexandra Robbins quotes:
Alexandra Robbins Quotes
“Someone else’s success is not your failure.” — Alexandra Robbins
“It’s not about what you’ve done; it’s how you’ve experienced whatever has happened to you. Matt Lawrence in The Overachievers.” — Alexandra Robbins
“In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school” — Alexandra Robbins
“Conformity is not an admirable trait. Conformity is a copout. It threatens self-awareness.” — Alexandra Robbins
“It can lead groups to enforce rigid and arbitrary rules.” — Alexandra Robbins
“It was the fact that they tried so hard that doomed them.” — Alexandra Robbins
“When a child sees herself through the prism of her peer group, the resulting self-image can be distorted.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Awkwardness defines my life.” — Alexandra Robbins
“What is to give light must endure burning.’ I think people who care for others understand. Caregiving is painful.” — Alexandra Robbins
“If teachers are uncomfortable at their own school, they will pass on their uncertainties or negative attitude to students.” — Alexandra Robbins
Alexandra Robbins Inspiring Quotes
“Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Conformity is a mask behind which students can hide their identity or the fact that they haven’t yet figured out their identity.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Polarization is a tendency for groups to form judgments that are more extreme than individuals’ personal opinions.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Students usually don’t refer to themselves as nerds until someone else accuses them of being one.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.” — Alexandra Robbins
“The cafeteria made him feel like an observer rather than a participant in the high school experience.” — Alexandra Robbins
“I love my job, and I hope people find comfort in knowing there are still people out there who love what they do.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Nursing is more than a career; it is a calling. Nurses are remarkable. Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them.” — Alexandra Robbins
“In the minds of their peers, too often students become caricatures of themselves.” — Alexandra Robbins
Alexandra Robbins Quotes On Success
“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Part of the problem is that people at our school don’t listen. They just put on the headphones and tune out the world. It’s intimidating.” — Alexandra Robbins
“nursing was a deeply interpersonal profession in which people had to depend on others—doctors, techs, fellow nurses—to do their job well.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Nobody’s listening to me, he thought, the story of my life.” — Alexandra Robbins
“The only way I’m going to make any friends is if I take the first step.” — Alexandra Robbins
“straight white males need supportive communities, too.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Ignoring is a form of bullying because you’re blocking that person out. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like somebody.” — Alexandra Robbins
“I figure I’ll win the fight in twenty years or so anyways when I end up with a decent life and their unemployed and living at home.” — Alexandra Robbins
“When nurse-doctor relations are poor, patients die unnecessarily.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Yes, we are taught to be patient advocates, but we are also taught to be a check on the doctor.” — Alexandra Robbins
Alexandra Robbins Quotes About Discipline
“He could be disciplined when he wanted to be.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Rather than addressing the nurses being spread too thin to provide care that is good enough.” — Alexandra Robbins
“There are no consequences for poor work ethic and no rewards for good work ethic.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Studies have shown that, at least among students, popularity equals visibility.” — Alexandra Robbins
“represents their “death” to the world as they.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Don’t let yourself do something simply because you’ve started on a path and feel that you should complete it.” — Alexandra Robbins
“In Ray’s work, most black fraternity men, compared to white fraternity men and black men who were not in fraternities.” — Alexandra Robbins
“It’s better to make a change now than to keep living your mistake simply because you worked hard to get there.” — Alexandra Robbins
“No matter who initiated these activities, the good boys in each chapter didn’t stop them from happening.” — Alexandra Robbins
“In the minds of their peers, too often students become caricatures of themselves.” — Alexandra Robbins
“No student should be encouraged — by anyone — to change himself until he’s “normal,” a term that says everything and means nothing.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.” — Alexandra Robbins
Best Quotes By Alexandra Robbins
“There are no consequences for poor work ethic and no rewards for good work ethic.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Conformity is a mask behind which students can hide their identity or the fact that they haven’t yet figured out their identity.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Students usually don’t refer to themselves as nerds until someone else accuses them of being one.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Studies have shown that, at least among students, popularity equals visibility.” — Alexandra Robbins
“What is to give light must endure burning. I think people who care for others understand. Caregiving is painful.” — Alexandra Robbins
“Exclusion is common behavior. But that doesn’t make it unchangeable. And that doesn’t mean that anything is wrong with the cafeteria fringe.” — Alexandra Robbins
“I figure I’ll win the fight in twenty years or so anyways when I end up with a decent life and their unemployed and living at home.” — Alexandra Robbins
“The only way I’m going to make any friends is if I take the first step.” — Alexandra Robbins
“When a child sees herself through the prism of her peer group, the resulting self-image can be distorted.” — Alexandra Robbins
Summary
Alexandra Robbins is a writer, lecturer, and journalist. Her books are about young adults, education, and contemporary college life. Five of her books have gone on to become New York Times bestsellers.
She has five New York Times best-selling books and the Best Nonfiction Book of the Year (Goodreads Choice Awards). She is an award-winning investigative reporter and public speaker who has contributed to publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic.
Among other awards, Robbins has received the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism and the Heartsongs Award for contributions to children’s and young adults’ mental health.
Robbins has received numerous awards for her writing. In the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards, her book The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth won Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. In 2012, Robbins also received a Books for a Better Life Award.
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