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Dr. Seuss
129 QuotesQuotes by Dr. Seuss
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
"It has often been saidthere’s so much to be read,you never can cramall those words in your head.So the writer who breedsmore words than he needsis making a chorefor the reader who reads.That's why my belief isthe briefer the brief is,the greater the sighof the reader's relief is.And that's why your bookshave such power and strength.You publish with shorth!(Shorth is better than length.)"
"Look at me!Look at me!Look at me NOW!It is fun to have funBut you have to know how."
"When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles......they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle."
"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!"
"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!"
"Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope."
"Congratulations!Today is your day.You're off to Great Places!You're off and away!"
"If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day,You have to go places quite out of the way,You have to go places no others can get to.You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too."
"Everything stinks till it’s finished."
"With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street."
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!"
"So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains."
"You're off to Great Places!Today is your day!Your mountain is waiting,So... get on your way!"
"A person's a person, no matter how small."
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
"Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.."
"You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.Except when you don't.Because, sometimes, you won't."
"Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all."
"They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!"