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
Robert Fulghum quotes about
dance believe heart
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.
names together dull
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.
fields tourists unending
Only now have I finally realized that my life has been an unending field trip. And I have tried hard not to be a tourist. But to be an adventurer, a traveler, an explorer, a learner, and a pilgrim.
family mother hands
One of the very few reasons I had any respect for my mother when I was thirteen was because she would reach into the sink with her bare hands - bare hands - and pick up that lethal gunk and drop it into the garbage. To top that, I saw her reach into the wet garbage bag and fish around in there looking for a lost teaspoon. Bare hands - a kind of mad courage.
peace coping-mechanisms wish
Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make
ignorance pride mixtures
Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.
sweet color mind
If only the scientific experts could come up with something to get it out of our minds. One cup of fixit fizzle that will lift the dirt from our lives, soften our hardness, protect our inner parts, improve our processing, reduce our yellowing and wrinkling, improve our natural color, and make us sweet and good.
wish not-sure
We even make ourselves up, fusing what we are with what we wish into what we must become. I'm not sure why it must be so, but it is.
firsts living-my-life first-time
If I don't have time to live my life well the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?
wells
Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well.
water grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side may
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
differences coping-mechanisms oatmeal
One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire – then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference.
summer philosophical mood
The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.
picnics life-is examined-life
The examined life is no picnic.