Growing Up Dr Seuss Quotes & Sayings

A simple kiss is sweeter than any colorful dream. — M.F. Moonzajer

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me. — Tim Burton

The national characteristics ... the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in a place with which the ordinary tourist can get in touch just by sitting quite quietly over a glass of wine in a Paris bistro. — Lawrence Durrell

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

I had started to feel that somewhere in the second half of the 20th century, the idea of page-turning as a good thing had been lost. You were getting books that were the equivalent of absolutely beautifully prepared dishes of food that didn't taste like anything much. — Neil Gaiman

Growing up, I loved the tale of Peter Rabbit and also books on Pippi Longstocking. Pippi was a girl who had so much fun and was very daring. My sons loved all the Dr. Seuss books — Soraya Diase Coffelt

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you are the most
immortal death — Banoo Zan

The more involved you are, the more significant your learning will be. — Stephen Covey

To his mind, an opportunity to insult a successful ape cam from the hand of Providence. — Flannery O'Connor

When I was little, I was very loud and loved performing in front of people. I was fearless. When I hit puberty, I became very shy and self-conscious. I still get nervous sometimes before shooting and definitely before big auditions. — Brianna Brown

I am a man who likes to control things, and if I can't control them totally I will not control them at all. — Lars Von Trier

Never fear that: if he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betray'd with trees,
And bears with glasses,elephants with holes,
Lions with toils and men with flatterers;
But when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
Let me work;
For I can give his humour the true bent,
And I will bring him to the Capitol. — William Shakespeare

I sold my soul to the devil. Lucifer will have my soul. — Tyler, The Creator

She looked at Woolf. "There's some kind of ... thing."
"That sentence wasn't as helpful as you probably intended it to be," said Marcus. — Dan Wells

If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss. — Will.i.am

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well. — Matthew Lesko