Robert Fulghum Quotes

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

The best felling I have ever had about dogs came in a primitive Akah village in the mountains of northern Thailand. The Akah keep dogs like we keep chickens and pigs. They treat their cattle as useful working companions, give them names and would never, ever think of eating one. But they eat dogs. They […]

Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned – the biggest word of all – look.

When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my “natural” talent for driving, not knowing that I had already been secretly driving my mother’s car around the neighborhood. When I took the test and got my license and my father gave me my own set of keys to […]