Quotes by Shel Silverstein

“There Is A Voice Inside Of YouThat Whispers All Day Long,I Feel That This Is Right For Me,I Know That This Is Wrong.No Teacher, Preacher, Parent, FriendOr Wise Man Can DecideWhats Right For You- Just Listen ToThe Voice That Speaks Inside.”

“I will not play tug o war. Id rather play hug o war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.”

“All The Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasLayin In The Sun,Talkin Bout The ThingsThey Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done...But All Those Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasAll Ran Away And HidFrom One Little Did.”

“God says to me with kind of a smile,Hey how would you like to be God awhileAnd steer the world?Okay, says I, Ill give it a try.Where do I set?How much do I get?What time is lunch?When can I quit?Gimme back that wheel, says God,I dont think youre quite ready yet.”

“The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg, But I will not hatch, I will not hatch. For I hear all the talk of pollution and war As the people all shout and the airplane roar, So Im staying in here where its safe and its warm, And I WILL NOT HATCH!”

“And the tree was happy”

“If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just aint enough!”

“A box of new crayons! Now theyre all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon theyll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.”

“IM SIGNIFICANT! screamed the dust speck.”

“Why should I have to work for everything?! Its like saying I dont deserve it!”

“If you dont have anything to say just keep quiet! Provoking a reaction isnt the same as saying something significant. Expressing ideas if you cant make them understood. Youre just babling to yourself!”

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 it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give em.

Just Me, Just MeSweet Marie, she loves just me(She also loves Maurice McGhee).No she dont, she loves just me(She also loves Louise Dupree).No she dont, she loves just me(She also loves the willow tree).No she dont, she loves just me!(Poor, poor fool, why cant you seeShe can love others and still love thee.)

MagicSandra’s seen a leprechaun,Eddie touched a troll,Laurie danced with witches once,Charlie found some goblins gold.Donald heard a mermaid sing,Susy spied an elf,But all the magic I have knownIve had to make myself.

EARLY BIRDOh, if you’re a bird, be an early birdAnd catch the worm for your breakfast plate.If you’re a bird, be an early early bird--But if you’re a worm, sleep late.

Listen to the mustnts, child. Listen to the donts. Listen to the shouldnts, the impossibles, the wonts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

All The Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasLayin In The Sun,Talkin Bout The ThingsThey Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done...But All Those Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasAll Ran Away And HidFrom One Little Did.

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)If you have to dry the dishesAnd you drop one on the floorMaybe they wont let youDry the dishes anymore

Anything is possible. Anything can be.

No DifferenceSmall as a peanut,Big as a giant,Were all the same sizeWhen we turn off the light.Rich as a sultan,Poor as a mite,Were all worth the sameWhen we turn off the light.Red, black or orange,Yellow or white, We all look the sameWhen we turn off the light.So maybe the way, To make everything rightIs for god to just reach outAnd turn off the light!