A. A. Milne Quotes

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.

Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.

They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.

Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Wherever I am, there's always Pooh, There's always Pooh and Me. Whatever I do, he wants to do, "Where are you going today?" says Pooh: "Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too. Let's go together," says Pooh, says he. "Let's go together," says Pooh.

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

Well,” said Owl, “the customary procedure in such cases is as follows.” “What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?” said Pooh. “For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

What ever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.

Dig a little deeper. Think of something that we've never thought of before.

But it isn't easy,' said Pooh. 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.

Don't talk anybody, don't come near! Can't you see the fish might hear? He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string; He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing, But he doesn't know I'm fishing - He doesn't know I'm fishing. That's what I'm doing - Fishing.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.

If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

That's what Tiggers do best!

There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

Owl,' said Rabbit shortly, 'you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is easy thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it.

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.

One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows.

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead.

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.

When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.

If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee.

He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.

Life is so much friendlier with two.

I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn't anymore.

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

On Tuesday, when it hails and snows, The feeling on me grows and grows That hardly anybody knows If those are these or these are those.

Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.

No sensible author wants anything but praise.

Time for a little something.

The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

A Fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.

By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

And how are you?" said Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. "Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time." "Dear, dear," said Pooh, "I'm sorry about that. Let's have a look at you.

Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.

You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.