267 Quotes by Shel Silverstein

Talked my head off Worked my tail off Cried my eyes out Walked my feet off Sang my heat out So you see, There’s really not much left of me.

So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.

We’re all worth the same When we turn off the light.

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.

Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.

So I’m all of love that could make it today.

I'm free to leave... go wherever I please, do whatever I want; I believe everyone should live like that. Don't be dependent on anyone else - man, woman, child, or dog.

The child asks, 'Why don't I have this happiness thing you're telling me about?'

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.