Dr. Seuss Quotes

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

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

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

“When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!”

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”

“It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)”

“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.”

“Look at life through the wrong end of the telescope.”

“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!”

“All those Nupboards in the Cupboards they're good fun to have about. But that Nooth gush on my tooth brush.....Him I could do without.”

“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”

“I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a laugh. For another thing, writing is easier than digging ditches. Well, actually, that's an exaggeration. It isn't.”

“Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!”

“Everything stinks until it's finished.”

“With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.”

“I am not a consecutive writer.”

“In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!”

“The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.”

“You can't build a substantial V out of turtles!”

“Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.”

“Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.”

“Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.”

“This book is to be read in bed.”

“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.”

“Reading can take you places you have never been before.”