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title: "2 Alright Quotes By Shel Silverstein"
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> [would you like to hear the night i bravely fought the- no? alright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/would-you-like-to-hear-the-night-i-bravely-fought-the-no-alright/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

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> [If you're nasty, I won't fight. If you're rough, well that's just you. If you're mean, that's alright too. Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/if-you-re-nasty-i-won-t-fight-if-you-re-rough-well-that-s-just-you-if/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

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## Other authors on Alright

## More by Shel Silverstein

> [“I cannot go to school today" Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/i-cannot-go-to-school-today-said-little-peggy-ann-mckay-i-have-the/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [Oh, I'm being eaten By a boa constrictor, A boa constrictor, A boa constrictor, I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor, And I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/oh-i-m-being-eaten-by-a-boa-constrictor-a-boa-constrictor-a-boa/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [“Many leaves one tree”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/many-leaves-one-tree/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [Magic Sandra’s seen a leprechaun, Eddie touched a troll, Laurie danced with witches once, Charlie found some goblins gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/magic-sandra-s-seen-a-leprechaun-eddie-touched-a-troll-laurie-danced/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/he-has-the-obligation-to-society-that-any-human-being-has-i-don-t/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out! She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans, Candy the yams and spice the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/sarah-cynthia-sylvia-stout-would-not-take-the-garbage-out-she-d-scour/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/to-me-freedom-entitles-you-to-do-something-not-to-not-do-something/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [“Ol' man Simon, planted a diamond. Grew hisself a garden the likes of none. Sprouts all growin' comin' up glowin' Fruit of jewels all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/ol-man-simon-planted-a-diamond-grew-hisself-a-garden-the-likes-of/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [“Ma and God God gave us fingers--Ma says, "Use your fork." God gave us voices--Ma says, "Don't scream." Ma says eat broccoli, cereal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/ma-and-god-god-gave-us-fingers-ma-says-use-your-fork-god-gave-us/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we haven't any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/ourchestra-so-you-haven-t-got-a-drum-just-beat-your-belly-so-i-haven/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [“Ickle me, pickle me, tickle me too never returned to the world they knew and nobody knows what happened to dear ickle me, pickle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/ickle-me-pickle-me-tickle-me-too-never-returned-to-the-world-they/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books, pick one up and experience a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/i-would-hope-that-people-no-matter-what-age-would-find-something-to/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [What you've got to say, you say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/what-you-ve-got-to-say-you-say/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [G'bye, I'm going out to play!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/g-bye-i-m-going-out-to-play/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

> [A spider lives inside my head Who weaves a strange and wondrous web Of silken threads and silver strings To catch all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/a-spider-lives-inside-my-head-who-weaves-a-strange-and-wondrous-web/)

[Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/)

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