Dr. Seuss Quotes - Page 6

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

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

In the places I go there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.

Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind

One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are.

I get all my ideas in Switzerland near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Gletch, and two thousand feet up above Gletch there is a smaller hamlet called Über Gletch. I go there on the fourth of August every summer to get my cuckoo clock fixed. While the cuckoo is in the hospital, I wander around and talk to the people in the streets. They are very strange people, and I get my ideas from them.

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.

My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

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

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

Sleep is like the unicorn - it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any

Adults are obsolete children.

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

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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.

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

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.

Out there things can happen, and frequently do, To people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew. Just go right along, you'll start happening too!

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

There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.

Adults are just outdated children.

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.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.

Be awesome! Be a book nut!