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