Shel Silverstein Quotes

I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My concentration seems very short.

Shel Silverstein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingShortI CanWriteSeems

Fear causes individuals to restrain their spending and firms to withhold investments; as a result, the economy weakens, confirming their fear and leading them to restrain spending further. The downturn deepens, and a vicious circle of despair takes hold.

Robert J. Shiller

FearResultCircleEconomyDespair

'Ex Machina' was the first film I'd auditioned for. I didn't have an agent.

Sonoya Mizuno

FirstFilmAgent

The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesn't obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation.

Trudi Canavan

WorldFeelYouPhysicsRulesWant

Obama the President needs to stand up for what Obama the candidate and what Obama the Senator and what Obama the Chicago community organizer stood for and lead the Congress towards reform.

Luis Gutierrez

CommunityStand UpStandChicagoUp

It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not.

Jon Taffer

GoodGreatToughEasyThings

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

Christiane Amanpour

MistakeWorldRevolutionBecause

I don't come from a lot, so Disney gave me the opportunity to go to college, which is great. My brother and I are some of the first in our family to ever do that.

Cole Sprouse

FamilyOpportunityGreatBrotherMe

I grew up hoping that my father might win a Nobel Prize.

Bruce Beutler

FatherWinUpPrizeNobel Prize

I think about that all of the time and I have this fantasy that I am going to work at a museum someday! I would love to do something like that!

Anna Sui

WorkLoveTimeI AmThinkMuseum

The long days are no happier than the short ones.

Philip James Bailey

ShortLongDaysThanHappier

I compose with bells a lot. Bells and breath. Both things you react to without thinking about it. Bells traditionally give us orders: come to the desk, the truck is backing up, the ice cream is here, it's time to go to church. They're sounds our brains are already associated with.

Sxip Shirey

TimeTruckThinkingChurchIceYou

I don't dream small. But then, what are we without our dreams?

Shenaz Treasury

DreamsSmallDreamWithoutOurThen

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