To those who say they’ll keep working until they die I say don’t die–
When the loyal opposition smelled a rat the administration’s defense centered on the fact that it wasn’t the rats that had carrie…
You have a real life if there are no easy solutions You have a real problem if there are no easy solutions but there is an easy way out
The most common form of fooling ourselves isn’t thinking we’ve got everyone fooled… It’s denial that we’ve fooled anyo…
The only reason to pursue fame is to forestall the possibility that you’re the kind of person who would die wishing you’d been more famous
I’m not afraid of jumping in front of a bus because I don’t want to jump in front of a bus I am afraid of
The distance between zero and one is infinitely greater than the distance between one and infinity
As you age getting enough exercise in futility becomes more and more a portent
A poem is like a dream In that it shows us the truth Without telling it Because, truth be told There’s no telling
Don’t think of a pink elephant and while you’re at it Don’t kill the messenger
If your phalanges cause you to philander pluck off the ring
Why would they still offer A penny for our thoughts When they can buy in bulk
The day I found out I was as deep as a basket of botto… was the same day I learned that the problem with fishing for compl… is that you can’t throw them back
At the end of life you can either say I brought it or I bought it
The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published
