Shel Silverstein Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SocietyThinkHumanHuman BeingHe

A puppet, for example, is just a piece of wood, a couple of rivets, but put them together, and if you know how to do it, and the audience's imagination joins in with this, then a miracle will come out of that machine. That is what we and the audience do in the theatre - we create miracles in that space.

Robert Lepage

TogetherImaginationSpaceTheatre

I consider all my films experiments.

Michael Haneke

ExperimentsConsiderFilms

Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age.

Sondra Radvanovsky

AgeBetterGetting BetterSeemGet

You've gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.

Travis Scott

PeopleYouTouchBuyMoveYour

Ultimately, what I want is for my songs to outlive me: I want my songs to keep being played even after I'm gone.

Mary Gauthier

MeWantGoneBeingKeepEven

With his mendacity and increasingly virulent attacks on immigrants, Muslims, women, the press, the judiciary, the intelligence services, the F.B.I. - any group or institution that he finds threatening or useful as a scapegoat - Mr. Trump is attempting the Orwellian trick of redefining American reality on his own terms.

Michiko Kakutani

WomenIntelligenceRealityAmerican

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

Jay Inslee

JobPeopleMeResearchMeetHalf

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms.

Joseph McCabe

DarkLikeMadeDark AgesRoomsAges

I had never heard of Meghan before. I was beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her, and there she was, sitting there. I thought, 'I am really going to have to up my game here, sit down, and make sure I've got a good chat.'

Prince Harry

GoodI AmGameThoughtDownSitting

I love Madhuri Dixit, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Sandra Bullock.

Pooja Hegde

LoveI LoveMeryl StreepMeryl

Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.

Scott Ian

LifePositiveMusicTimeYouHonest

Both the nationalists and the communists disapproved of jazz and feared it. They thought it would weaken people's resolve to fight off the invasion. And most Americans know, China did ban all Western music for about 30 years, starting in 1949. This is where it started.

Nicole Mones

MusicFightPeopleThoughtJazz

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