It is not practical to build super-tall office buildings in the post-9/11 world,


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Somewhere from some far-of...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of you...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
There is a place where the sidewalk ends,
And before the street begins,
And there the gr...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
No Difference

Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We're all the same size
W...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
I don't really know the man my mother fell in love with. My dad was not a big part of my life for a ...
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
I know a way to stay friends forever,
There's really nothing to it,
I tell you what to do,...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
I asked the Zebra,
are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Tell my I'm clever,
Tell me I'm kind,
Tell me I'm talented,
Tell me I'm cute,
Te...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
It was cool. I was surprised how relaxed I was. I broke my lace, so I didn't have time to worry abou...
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
Whirlwind is putting it nicely.
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
It was fun. I think for us this is really about the experience, and we're here to root on the other ...
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
I feel cool. I was surprised how relaxed I was.
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
I haven't experienced needing to be at such a high level for so long time, so it's been overwhelming...
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
I mean you looked at me, and you could tell something was wrong. But I also lied through my teeth. B...
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
I'm just thrilled; not everyone gets another chance to be a part of something really special.
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
Wow, I can't even talk. We really, really wanted it. I'm almost afraid to say how much we wanted it.
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
We really, really wanted this. We were afraid to say how much we wanted this.
JAMIE SILVERSTEIN
A spider lives inside my head
Who weaves a strange and wondrous web
Of silken threads and ...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
If you're sloppy, that's just fine.
If you're moody, I won't mind.
If you're fat, that's f...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
So what if nobody came?
I’ll have all the ice cream and tea,
And I’ll laugh with mys...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
The Colorado statute, however, applies only to American flags, which raises another constitutional i...
MARK SILVERSTEIN
Knock! knock!
who's there?
me!
me who?
that's right?
what's right?
mee...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Pirate Captain Jim
"Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim
"But Captain Jim, I cannot swim."
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
THE ONE WHO STAYED
You should have heard the old men cry,
You should have heard the biddie...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
One sister for sale,
One sister for sale,
One crying and spying young sister for sale
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Talked my head off
Worked my tail off
Cried my eyes out
Walked my feet off
Sang ...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Talked my head off
Worked my tail off
Cried my eyes out
Walked my feet off
Sang ...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Sex sells, and those are great marketing, great advertising. There's no regulation of things like dr...
JUDITH SILVERSTEIN
I don't see anything in here that would cause sexual arousal or desire.
JUDITH SILVERSTEIN
There could have been some background to the rumor. And if not, Burma right now is at a point where ...
JOSEF SILVERSTEIN
The Burmese are retreating from the outside world. They are isolating themselves in a bunker mentali...
JOSEF SILVERSTEIN
That Janet Bacon was a criminal trespasser has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. We must assess...
JEFFREY SILVERSTEIN
My client felt horrid about what happened, but he truly believed he acted appropriately at the time.
JEFFREY SILVERSTEIN
I'm really pleased that he is going to be returned to his family. Obviously, this incident was terri...
JEFFREY SILVERSTEIN
What's he doing here?
ROB SILVERSTEIN
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil...
LARRY DAVID
It is only when the partisan shouting stops that we can hear each other's voices and concerns.
LARRY HOGAN
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood...
LARRY DAVID
The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War...
LARRY NIVEN
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
LARRY WALL
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
LARRY GELBART
My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the co...
LARRY PAGE
I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people.
LARRY DAVID
The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend w...
LARRY FLYNT
I take big risks, but I'm not reckless about it.
LARRY CHARLES
I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.
LARRY WILMORE
Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
LARRY WILMORE
The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the c...
LARRY WILMORE
You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you d...
LARRY WILMORE
I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.
LARRY WILMORE
I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh ev...
LARRY WILMORE
My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm w...
LARRY WILMORE
I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
LARRY WILMORE
People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
LARRY WILMORE
There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies th...
LARRY WILMORE
If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that ...
LARRY WILMORE
When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing i...
LARRY WILMORE
I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
LARRY WILMORE
I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and ...
LARRY WILMORE
When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.
LARRY WILMORE
The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. An...
LARRY WILMORE
The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
LARRY WILMORE
Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compa...
LARRY WILMORE
Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.
LARRY WILMORE
I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in conten...
LARRY WILMORE
I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was th...
LARRY WILMORE