Dr. Seuss Quotes & Sayings

Big Z, little Z, what begins with Z? I do.
I'm a zizzer zazzer zuzz, as you can plainly see. — Dr. Seuss

You are you that is truer than true — Dr. Seuss

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you. — Dr. Seuss

How did it get so late so soon? — Dr. Seuss

And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed! — Dr. Seuss

You can do better than this." The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be "We can ... and we've got to ... do better than this. — Dr. Seuss

That day, they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches, and no kind of Sneetch is the BEST on the beaches. The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss — Dr. Seuss

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. — Dr. Seuss

One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish! — Dr. Seuss

It's not about what it is, but about what it can become. — Dr. Seuss

It is better to know how to learn than to know. — Dr. Seuss

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You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant? — Dr. Seuss

Gertrude, behind her, again had just one ... That one little feather she had as a starter. But now that's enough, because now she is smarter. — Dr. Seuss

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. — Dr. Seuss

Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull ... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might. — Dr. Seuss

Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say. — Dr. Seuss

I know I am in love because I am finding it difficult to fall asleep nowadays. This is because after having you around me now I find that reality is better than dreams. — Dr. Seuss

A Wasn't just isn't. He just isn't present. But you ... You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant! — Dr. Seuss

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 ... — Dr. Seuss

If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too. — Dr. Seuss

You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant? — Dr. Seuss

And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked. — Dr. Seuss

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably ... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again. — Dr. Seuss

Being crazy isn't enough. — Dr. Seuss

Everything stinks until it's finished. — Dr. Seuss

Oh, the thinks you can think! — Dr. Seuss

I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind. — Dr. Seuss

The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop. — Dr. Seuss

And I said to myself, "Now I really don't see
Why trubles like this have to happen to me! — Dr. Seuss

Kid, you'll move mountains. — Dr. Seuss

You can find magic
wherever you look.
Sit back and relax,
all you need is a book. — Dr. Seuss

Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how. — Dr. Seuss

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them. — Dr. Seuss

With banner flip-flapping,
one more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy! — Dr. Seuss

Think they work you too hard? Think of poor Ali Sard. He has to mow grass in his uncle's backyard and its quick growing grass and it grows as he mows it the faster he mows it the faster he grows it. And all that his stingy old uncle will pay for his shoving mower around the hay is piffulous pay of two dooklas a day. And Ali can't live on such piffulous pay! — Dr. Seuss

Here are some who like to run. They run for fun in the hot, hot sun. — Dr. Seuss

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. — Dr. Seuss

Think and wonder, wonder and think. — Dr. Seuss

The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars. — Dr. Seuss

A life is a life no matter how small — Dr. Seuss

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. — Dr. Seuss

How a plain and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story that no one can beat — Dr. Seuss

You can't build a substantial V out of turtles! — Dr. Seuss

People who mind don't matter. But people who matter don't mind. — Dr. Seuss

They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast! — Dr. Seuss

The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. — Dr. Seuss

life is a suscess — Dr. Seuss

And this mess is so big
And so deep and so tall,
We cannot pick it up.
There is no way at all! — Dr. Seuss

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street. — Dr. Seuss

You make 'em, I amuse 'em. [children] — Dr. Seuss

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul. — Dr. Seuss

Be awesome! Be a book nut! — Dr. Seuss

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. — Dr. Seuss

Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing. — Dr. Seuss

My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdom as he sat there on that chair: "To eat these things," said my uncle, "You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!" And as you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow. — Dr. Seuss

I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not a seed, any more than you're just a boy. — Dr. Seuss

Sometimes crazy just isn't enough. — Dr. Seuss

Be grateful you're not in the forest in France
Where the average young person just hasn't a chance
To escape from the perilous pants eating plants
But your pants are safe, you're a fortunate guy
You ought to be shouting how lucky am I — Dr. Seuss

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) — Dr. Seuss

I am lucky to be what I am! Thank goodness I'm not just a clam or ham or a dirty jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what I am. That's a great thing to be. — Dr. Seuss

Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It's a Truffula Seed. It's the last one of all! You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs. Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back. — Dr. Seuss

Gray day. Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today. — Dr. Seuss

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked.
But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win? — Dr. Seuss

I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them. — Dr. Seuss

Adults are just outdated children. — Dr. Seuss

Congratulations! Today is your day! — Dr. Seuss

I box in yellow Gox box socks. — Dr. Seuss

No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. — Dr. Seuss

I don't like audiences, I prefer my mistakes in private. — Dr. Seuss

I am not a consecutive writer. — Dr. Seuss

How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat — Dr. Seuss

Shorth is better than length. — Dr. Seuss

Ninety percent of the children's books patronize the child and say there's a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don't do that. I treat the child as an equal. — Dr. Seuss

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues. — Dr. Seuss

Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday. — Dr. Seuss

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere! — Dr. Seuss

Children want the same things we want.
To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted. — Dr. Seuss

And what would you do if you met a jibboo? — Dr. Seuss

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights. — Dr. Seuss

The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey! — Dr. Seuss

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. — Dr. Seuss

Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind! — Dr. Seuss

But I've bought a big bat.
I'm all ready, you see.
Now my troubles are going
To have trouble with me! — Dr. Seuss

It doesn't matter what it is.What matters is what it will become. — Dr. Seuss

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. — Dr. Seuss

Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry. — Dr. Seuss

Got something new , maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok . — Dr. Seuss

If you want to get things you can't buy in a store, you have to do things never thought of before. — Dr. Seuss

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. — Dr. Seuss

Now my troubles are going
To have truobles with me! — Dr. Seuss

The more you read, the more things you will know. — Dr. Seuss

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. — Dr. Seuss

Be yourself and the people that don't mind are the people that matter. — Dr. Seuss

There's the yottle in the bottle, whom I do not wish to keep, but the zillow on my pillow always helps me fall asleep. — Dr. Seuss

If you don't like me, remember it's mind over matter.
I don't mind, and you don't matter. — Dr. Seuss

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting. — Dr. Seuss

And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day — Dr. Seuss

Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count. — Dr. Seuss

Think! You can think any think that you wish ... — Dr. Seuss

Teeth are always in style. — Dr. Seuss