Quotes by Robert Fulghum

About Robert Fulghum:

Robert Lee Fulghum is an American author.
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Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.

Robert Fulghum

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'

Robert Fulghum

The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.

Robert Fulghum

You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.

Robert Fulghum

Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise.

Robert Fulghum

My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.

Robert Fulghum

My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.

Robert Fulghum

I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.

Robert Fulghum

No. I was an only child.

Robert Fulghum

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

Robert Fulghum

I think my writing is part of my ministry.

Robert Fulghum

I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.

Robert Fulghum

Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do,and something you give away.

Robert Fulghum

Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air - explode softly - and send thousands, millions, of little p...

Robert Fulghum

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Robert Fulghum

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.

Robert Fulghum

The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.

Robert Fulghum

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

Robert Fulghum

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.

Robert Fulghum

The examined life is no picnic.

Robert Fulghum

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Robert Fulghum

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Fulghum
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJune 4, 1937
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist