Robert Fulghum Quotes

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Robert Fulghum

Profession : Author

Birth : June 4, 1937

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

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

Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.

Robert Fulghum

All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.

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

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Robert Fulghum

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.

Robert Fulghum

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

Robert Fulghum

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

Robert Fulghum

Most of the time, a kid doesn't think about what he's doing or why. This is the privilege of childhood.

Robert Fulghum

Everything we do in our growing up has been done before. But it needs recognition and validation each time for each one of us - public, private, and secret.

Robert Fulghum

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Robert Fulghum

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Robert Fulghum

Clean up your own mess.

Robert Fulghum

On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.

Robert Fulghum

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

Robert Fulghum

Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.

Robert Fulghum

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Robert Fulghum

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

Robert Fulghum