--- title: "5 Silverstein Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Silverstein quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Silverstein sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/stephanie-klein-16422_about-friendship_how-many-slams-in-an-old-screen-door-dep_116136.png" --- > [How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-klein/how-many-slams-in-an-old-screen-door-depends-how-loud-you-shut-it-how/) [Stephanie Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-klein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/stephanie-klein-16422_about-friendship_how-many-slams-in-an-old-screen-door-dep_116136.png) > [I say you call yourself Goldstein, Silverstein, and Rubinstein because you're stealing all the gold and silver and rubies all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalid-abdul-muhammad/i-say-you-call-yourself-goldstein-silverstein-and-rubinstein-because/) [Khalid Abdul Muhammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalid-abdul-muhammad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/khalid-abdul-muhammad-50411_earth_i-say-you-call-yourself-goldstein-silver_1250674.jpg) > [“There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shel-silverstein/there-is-a-place-where-the-sidewalk-ends-and-before-the-street-begins-2/) [Shel Silverstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shel-silverstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/shel-silverstein-1914_band_there-is-a-place-where-the-sidewalk-ends_1843358.jpg) > [Larry Silverstein has betrayed the public's trust and that of all New Yorkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pataki/larry-silverstein-has-betrayed-the-public-s-trust-and-that-of-all-new/) [George Pataki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pataki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/george-pataki-14486_betrayed_larry-silverstein-has-betrayed-the-publi_3062589.png) > [ When I choose the title \[for my book\], which was my favorite title, I felt sure there was going to be a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/when-i-choose-the-title-for-my-book-which-was-my-favorite-title-i/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/richard-rohr-618_book_when-i-choose-the-title-for-my-book-whic_3197134.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silverstein/#itemlist", "name": "Silverstein Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How many slams in an old screen door? 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Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends. 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