Robert Fulghum

Robert Fulghum
Robert Lee Fulghumis an American author and Unitarian Universalist minister...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 June 1937
CountryUnited States of America
lying doctors news
You will continue to read stories of crookedness and corruption - of policemen who lie and steal, doctors who reap where they do not sew, politicians on the take. Don't be misled. They are news because they are the exceptions.
cutting men house
Always trust your fellow man. And always cut the cards. Always trust God. And always build your house on high ground. Always love thy neighbor. And always pick a good neighborhood to live in.
way why-not stills
And sure, I know if you eat this way you'll die. So? If you don't eat this way you're still going to die. Why not die happy?
son gentleman noses
As one old gentleman put it, " Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts.
blessed debt needs
The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt.
crazy hands waiting
The Indian danced on alone. The crowd clapped up the beat. The Indian danced with a chair. The crowd went crazy. The band faded. The crowd cheered. The Indian held up his hands for silence as if to make a speech. Looking at the band and then the crowd, the Indian said, "Well, what're you waiting for? Let's DANCE.
thinking order knowing
Liberation, I guess, is everybody getting what they think they want, without knowing the whole truth. Or in other words, liberation finally amounts to being free from things we don't like in order to be enslaved by things we approve of. Here's to the eternal tandem.
life-changing live-life way
Just when you thought that you already learned the way how to live, life changes - and you're left the same as you begun.
may exam left
But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn.
letting-go survivor imperfect
The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another of nature’s imperfect but tenacious survivors.
quality speed efficiency
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
ants chicago feels
You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.
humanity cages bars
To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'
distinction made clear
I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.