Shel Silverstein Quotes

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.
Shel Silverstein

Truth, Wise, Perfect

I will not play tug o' war. I'd 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.
Shel Silverstein

War, Play, Everyone

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
Shel Silverstein

Talking, Explain, Speaks

If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!
Shel Silverstein

Thinking, Enough, Tough

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 corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.
Shel Silverstein

Expect, Hand, Sit

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.
Shel Silverstein

Freedom, Entitles

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.
Shel Silverstein

Nothing, Friends, Tell

I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
Shel Silverstein

If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.
Shel Silverstein

Work, Find, Enough

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 care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.
Shel Silverstein

Care, Times, Won

You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long.
Shel Silverstein

Long, Laugh, Making

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 bricklayer or anybody else.
Shel Silverstein

Society, Human, Else

Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going to the Far East of Africa or India, meeting people, exchanging ideas, reading all you wanted to anyway, and instead I wasted it at Roosevelt.
Shel Silverstein

Around, Wanted, Far

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 want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.
Shel Silverstein

Work, Nice, True

People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.
Shel Silverstein

Giving, Said, Credit

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.
Shel Silverstein

Humor, Less, Reflect

There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV.
Shel Silverstein

Great, Writers, Tv

What you've got to say, you say.
Shel Silverstein

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: September 25, 1930

Died: May 10, 1999

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