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.

Quote by Shel Silverstein

Topics: Shel Silverstein Quotes

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone...

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone...

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't...

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't...

I myself do not believe in explaining anything.

I myself do not believe in explaining anything.

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell...

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell...

Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going...

Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going...

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking...

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Friendship I've discovered a way to stay friends forever -- There's really nothing to it....

Friendship I've discovered a way to stay friends forever -- There's really nothing to it....

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,...

If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,...

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a...

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a...

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone...

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone...

If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look...

If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look...

You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing...

You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing...

And the tree was happy

And the tree was happy

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

When was the last time you woke up and realized that today could be the...

When was the last time you woke up and realized that today could be the...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...