All Shel Silverstein Quotes
- If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough! Achievement
- I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a… Beef
- I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it. Forever
- I myself do not believe in explaining anything. Believe
- If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough. Cartoonist
- If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't… Ahead
- Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary. Comic
- Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going to the Far East of Africa or India, meeting people,… Africa
- It's always a nice feeling, having people think that you feel things much deeper than you're allowed to say, but this isn't true. If you… Allowed
- How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut… Bread
- My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, but I'm told they look orange in the… All
- Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close… Beautiful
- If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer If youre a… Bean
- Once i spoke the language of the flowers,Once i undrestand each word the caterpillar said,Once i smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings, Caterpillar
- Pirate Captain Jim "Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim "But Captain Jim, I cannot swim." "Then you must steer us through the gale." "But Captain… Cannot Sail
- If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes ('Stead of going to the store)… Anymore
- ...I am writing these poems from inside a lion... From
- I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece! Bees
- It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in search of its missing piece. And as it rolled it… Dee Ho
- I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness and rightness: Hello… Bless
- Early bird Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird And catch the worm for your breakfast plate. If you’re a bird, be an… Bird
- 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, Susy… All
- So I'm all of love that could make it today. All
- why can't you see i'm a kid', said the kid. Why try to make me like you? Why are you hurt when I don't cuddle?… Cuddle
- 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… Arrows