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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
Shel Silverstein
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Shel Silverstein
Age: 66 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
Died: 1999
Died: May 10
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More quotes by Shel Silverstein
Just Me, Just Me Sweet Marie, she loves just me (She also loves Maurice McGhee). No she don't, she loves just me (She also loves Louise Dupree). No she don't, she loves just me (She also loves the willow tree). No she don't, she loves just me! (Poor, poor fool, why can't you see She can love others and still love thee.)
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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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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece!
Shel Silverstein
I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
Shel Silverstein
Somebody has to go polish the stars, They're looking a little bit dull. Somebody has to go polish the stars, For the eagles and starlings and gulls Have all been complaining they're tarnished and worn, They say they want new ones we cannot afford. So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
Shel Silverstein
If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.
Shel Silverstein
I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you... You cannot roll with me, said the Big O, but perhaps you can roll by yourself.
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I am writing these poems from inside a lion.
Shel Silverstein
She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.
Shel Silverstein
Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did.
Shel Silverstein
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
Shel Silverstein
My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, but I'm told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, but its silver when its wet, and all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
Shel Silverstein
What did the carrot say to the wheat? Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.
Shel Silverstein
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.
Shel Silverstein
Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.
Shel Silverstein
Sometimes I get so depressed 'Bout what I haven't done. -NEVER
Shel Silverstein
So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
Shel Silverstein
If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it.
Shel Silverstein
And he didn't really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere, because you really have to go somewhere, don't you?
Shel Silverstein