Shel Silverstein Quotes

I myself do not believe in explaining anything.

Shel Silverstein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 25, 1930 - May 10, 1999

Topics

MyselfBelieveAnythingExplaining

YouTube has changed my life in a huge way. I mean, I wouldn't be able to pursue music and do what I love each day if it wasn't for the YouTube platform and for the people who watch my videos and share them.

Megan Nicole

LifeLoveMusicDayPeopleMy Life

It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude.

Sonia Rykiel

AttitudeBetterClothesLookTrue

Over the ages, some societies have accorded far less value and respect to singles than to married individuals.

Stephanie Coontz

RespectValueOverFarThanSome

I am a smiling depressive.

Trisha Goddard

I AmSmilingAmDepressive

For a director, a musical is a special kind of hell.

Mike Nichols

HellKindSpecialDirectorMusical

Evil is a sucker for solidity. It always goes for big numbers, for confident granite, for ideological purity, for drilled armies and balanced sheets.

Joseph Brodsky

EvilConfidentNumbersAlwaysPurity

In the fields of southwest Iowa, my parents and grandparents worked and sacrificed. Like so many Iowans, the American Dream for them was never about wealth or fame. Their dream was to leave their children and grandchildren a better life, with greater opportunity, than their own.

Joni Ernst

LifeOpportunityChildrenParents

I define 'social thriller' as thriller/horror movies where the ultimate villain is society.

Jordan Peele

VillainSocietyMoviesSocialDefine

I thought I had a huge crush on a young Canadian photographer who was commissioned to go down to Australia to do a series, so I tried to figure out a way to follow him without getting in trouble with my parents, and that was by auditioning for their National Institute.

Deborah Kara Unger

ParentsThoughtDownYoungAustralia

The flat-out worst movie I've ever seen has to be Uwe Boll's 'Rampage.'

Chris Cubas

WorstSeenMovieEver

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

Colleen Atwood

ColorsColorChooseWillPhotograph

I remember having to quit school and quit my job. I just sort of moved all my stuff into other people's places. Within, like, six months, I was able to earn enough money from touring to rent a place again.

Conor Oberst

MoneyJobSchoolPeopleRemember

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