Dr. Seuss Quotes

And when you're alone there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

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

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.

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.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!

Step with care and great tact. And remember life's a great balancing act.

Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?

Life's just one great journey. It's a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They're the people who matter.

If I went in debt a million dollars every time I committed genocide, I'd be our economy.

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.

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

unless someone like you comes around, things will never change.

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.

Kid, you'll move mountains.

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head.

Poor empty pants With nobody inside them.

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

Thank goodness for all the things you are not, thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place, like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

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

And, now, come to this spot Where the spotlight is hot And you'll see in the spotlight A Juggling Jott Who can juggle some stuff You might think he could not... Such as twenty-two question marks, Which is a lot. Also forty-four commas And, also, one dot! That's the kind of Circus McGurkus I've got!

One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!

I meant no harm I most truly did not, but I had to grow bigger so bigger I got. I biggered my factory, I biggered my roads, I biggered the wagons, I biggered the loads, of the Thneeds I shipped out I was shipping them forth from the South, to the East, to the West. To the North, I went right on biggering selling more thneeds. And I biggered my money which everyone needs.

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

You can't dribble on bow ties.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Don't grumble! Don't stew! Some critters are much-much, Oh, ever so much-much So muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

You make 'em, I amuse 'em. [children]

You have to be odd to be number one.

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

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!

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

He took the Who’s feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.

Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!

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

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.

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

Horton, the kangaroo has sent Vlad!' Vlad? I know two Vlads. One is a cute little bunny that brings me cookies. The other is bad Vlad. Which Vlad?' Which one do you think?' Bad Vlad?' Good call.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Reading can take you places you have never been before.

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

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.