Shel Silverstein Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CareBetterYouAheadRightLittle

Hollywood has successfully produced many films framed by anti-racist or pro-integrationist story lines. I'm going to guess that since 'Gone With The Wind,' Hollywood realized films about racism and segregation pull at the heartstrings of everyone and hopefully serve to purge a sense of guilt.

Joe Morton

RacismWindStoryGuiltHollywood

Although our war on drugs must be fortified with the best laws, enforcement efforts and resources, we would not be successful without your individual commitment to this cause.

Mel Carnahan

BestCommitmentWarResourcesLaws

I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my husband, me with my mom or my siblings.

Anjelah Johnson

MeMomHusbandRelationshipsAlways

I love every type of martial arts, but with Muay Thai in general, I want to see it being brought to the public more. There is no movie that has Muay Thai incorporated into it, so I want to bring that to the public.

Tony Jaa

LoveWantMoreSeeBringArts

Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture.

Robert Crumb

CultureChildAmericanPopularYeah

Thanks for existing, R.E.M. It's hard to overstate how much these guys changed everything, creating an entire rock audience in their own image.

Rob Sheffield

CreatingRockHardImageEverything

I respect Lady Gaga's work as an artist and as a fellow fashion icon. She is a very talented performer, playing the piano, singing live, and dancing, too.

Roisin Murphy

WorkLiveRespectSingingFashion

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe.

Miguel de Unamuno

GodUniverseFeelMeaningUnderstand

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.

Michael Steele

PeopleControlGunBad PeopleHobby

Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

Jason Alexander

New YorkNewWayUpWestWell

I've seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, there's nothing closer to God than that.

Cote de Pablo

NatureBeautyGodPerfectionMe

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

Alice Walker

ChildrenMatureWillBecomeWrite

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