I like positive reinforcement As much as the next guy And the next guy Gets a lot of likes So, it’s back to the grindstone

When they drew a winner It looked like we’d won By the luck of the draw But we came by our good fortune The honest way:

Given a choice We prefer A fait accompli

If new car smell lasts forever you will not be able to smell it

We mistake the feeling of control for the feeling of freedom when freedom actually consists of the courage to take risks Those who encourage us

Philosophers dream of “The view from nowhere” Granting pure objectivity Instead, we got the internet’s View from everywhere

I have a bad habit of predicting the future; it has kept me alive but only to fight another day And yes, my brain is pattern-seeki…

Time flies when you’re having fun And the key to fun is wanting Not having

When the dull knives are out and you say all the approved thing… in all the approved ways you have proved the silencing of dissent

Slow and steady wins the race If there is no finish line How do you win If you can’t finish first? If you’re the one

If, after 10/7 you have the chutzpah to ask What just happened? their answer– It didn’t just happen–

Our brains are just big enough to operate eight fingers and two thumbs An octopus is smart but if it also had

What is wrong with the world today?: Dear Sir or Madam, You are.

The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published

G.K. Chesterton said “When men stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything” But after a while,