Shel Silverstein Quotes - Page 2

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• And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.

  Shel Silverstein

  Stay Strong, Life Lesson, Color

  Shel Silverstein, “Colors”

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

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  Life Lesson, Thinking, Track

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• There is a place where the sidewalk ends.

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  Ends, Sidewalk

  Shel Silverstein, “Where The Sidewalk Ends”

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• Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.

  Shel Silverstein

  Life Lesson, Silly, Kitchen

  Shel Silverstein (1999). “The World of Shel Silverstein Fabric Banner”

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• 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 pretender com sit by my fire For we have some flax golden tales to spin Come in! Come in!

  Shel Silverstein

  Hope, Liars, Fire

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• Anything is possible. Anything can be.

  Shel Silverstein

  Life, Motivational, Learning

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• 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.

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  War, Kissing, Winning

  Shel Silverstein, “Hug O'War”

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• God says to me with a kind of smile, "Hey how would you like to be God awhile And steer the world?" . . . . "How much do I get? What time is lunch?" . . . . "Gimme back that wheel," says God. "I don't think you're quite ready yet."

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  Time, Thinking, Lunch

  Shel Silverstein, “God's Wheel”

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• 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.

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  Cute, Wise, Wisdom

  Shel Silverstein, “Tell Me”

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• There is a place where the sidewalk ends, And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.

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  Moon, Wind, White

  Shel Silverstein, “Where The Sidewalk Ends”

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• If you're sloppy, that's just fine. If you're moody, I won't mind. If you're fat, that's fine with me. If you're skinny, let it be. If you're bossy, that's all right. if you're nasty, I won't fight. If you're rough, well that's just you. If you're mean, that's all right too. Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.

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  Mean, Fighting, Mind

  Shel Silverstein, “Don't Change On My Account”

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• ... and she loved a boy very, very much-- even more than she loved herself.

  Shel Silverstein

  Boys

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• No teacher, preacher, parent, friend, or wise man can decide what's right for you.

  Shel Silverstein

  Wise, Teacher, Men

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• Talked my head off Worked my tail off Cried my eyes out Walked my feet off Sang my heat out So you see, There's really not much left of me.

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  Eye, Feet, Tails

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• All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin' In The Sun, Talkin' 'Bout The Things They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done... But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All Ran Away And Hid From One Little Did.

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  Done, Littles, Sun

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• To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

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• When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?

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  Life, Light, Blue

  "A Light in the Attic". Book by Shel Silverstein, 1981.

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• The baby bat Screamed out in fright, 'Turn on the dark, I'm afraid of the light.

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  Inspirational, Life, Baby

  Shel Silverstein, “Batty”

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• So please get your rags
  And your polishing jars,
  Somebody has to go polish the stars.

  Shel Silverstein

  Stars, Rags, Gulls

  Shel Silverstein, “Somebody Has To”

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• I myself do not believe in explaining anything.

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  Believe, Explaining

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• Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. Sunday dinner isn't sunny. Easter feasts are just bad luck. When you see it from the viewpoint of a chicken or a duck. Oh how I once loved tuna salad Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too Till I stopped and looked at dinner From the dinner's point of view.

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  Easter, Sunday, Dark

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• Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.

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  Knows

  Shel Silverstein, “Backward Bill”

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• 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 early bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late.

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  Sleep, Bird, Breakfast

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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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  Nature, Flower, Dark

  Shel Silverstein, “Where The Sidewalk Ends”

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• When I am gone what will you do? Who will write and draw for you? Someone smarter--someone new? Someone better--maybe YOU!

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  Writing, Gone, Draws

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