Zitat des Tages von Shel Silverstein:
I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.
I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
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.
I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.
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.
Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going to the Far East of Africa or India, meeting people, exchanging ideas, reading all you wanted to anyway, and instead I wasted it at Roosevelt.
Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.
You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long.
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.
If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.
Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.
Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
I want to go everywhere, look at and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.
I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.
To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.
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.
